The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Livorperol Cotton Market yesterday closed with great animation, and Americans were 4d. per lb., and. Surats and Brazils I,d. per lb. dearer than last week. Egyptians were unchanged. The sales Were 25,000 bales—comprising 19,000 Americans (2,000 for export and 7,000 on speculation); 12,000 ' Egyptian, Bd. to 94d. ; 3,ooo,Surat, 3id. to 4/d. ; ( 2 .000 on speculation); 1,500 Bahia, 61 to 6id.; 1 ,000 on speculation; and 100 Sea Islands, 10d. tb la. bd. per lb. The Railway Share Market was steady at a slight advance. La•er accounts from America by the Baltic U. S. Mail Steamer, state that the Arabia had arrived at New York from Liverpool with the Peace news, Which had created a lively sensation in commercial and financial circles. The prospects of increased trade and a rise iu the price of cotton elated the cotton merchants one the one hand, and the panic in the European grain markets depressed the dealers in bread-stuffs on the other. The effects of the news on the New York Money Market was to . produce a stringency, while at the Stock Market It Produced an exceedingly buoyant feeling, and large sales took place at a very considerable advance. Although there was not sufficient time for comment oPon the unexpected news before the Baltic sailed, s till it was evident that the most favourable im ,pressions were entertained of its beneficial effects Upon American commerce. It was considered that 4 Period of great prosperity was before them, and that there was nothing in the internal affairs or liropean relations of the United States to check the extension of their trade. 'From Havanna returns have been received giv- annual shipments of sugar from that colony gorinFthe past year and the seven previous years. From these it_ appears that there has been very little increase in the exports of this article during t list period, while the demand has been increasing. ph ,440 ship men t s , to this country show a decrease. D uring - 1854 the quantity exported to Great tritain was 106,078 boxes, while in 1855 it was ~° IIIY 55,603. To other countries there was very little variation in the eight years, which in some Ineasnre accounts for the growing scarcity of sugar 1413 (1 its recent advance in prices. The Grain Markets throughout France indicate t hat the fall in prices is checked for the present. 111 the departments a rise has occurred at some, !We others remain without any variation. At Paris the price of flour is firm at last quotations, ' w ith an upward tendency. Sellers held out the Prospect of an advance, which has stopped buyers 11l their operations. Bargains for the current I llonth are effected at 96f. per sack, and for March delivery 97G LParliamentary Return of the Bank of England 411 - 17-- ion operations during the last year has been Publighed. The purchases were 8,241,1151. of bar bold, 69,2431. of foreign coin, making a total of 8;370,358/. Of bar gold the sales were 3,377,7631., i r of foreign coin 14,2181 ., together 3,391,9811. N othing appears to have been done in silver. The nount of gold coin received from the Mint was 91008 ,823/. ,T he Bank of England usual " parlour" meeting separated, but the Directors, as was anticipated, re announced no alteration in the rate of ‘l3couut. The upward tendency in the English Stock Mar t'!t continues, Consols being per cent. higher " 4 -at'the official termination of business yester 4ar• Very little animation is apparent, however, th e operators, as mentioned yesterday, being desir -0 of awaiting the progress of the peace negotia til 1(418 . For money Consol s have been 9.1. i and 92k, but v_ 3 7 v " at present rule at about 92 to The account illtl es have improved to 9211 g-. The New 3 per • eel lte. are 93 to 93k, and the Reduced, 92g t I ndia Bills are about 7s. to 3s. discount, and 'Jlia Bonds are quoted 33. discount. In the Forei gn M ar k e t a l so a d vance d ra t es are vil rrent, but with a small business doing. Turk -144 6 per Cents. have risen to 94#, and the Gua tAnteed 4 per Cents. to 1011 to 1018. Spanish 3 per Cents. are better, viz., 43. Venezuela are 29 i. Buenos Ayres; 56. Equador, Gre -444 Deferred, 7. Mexican * 201, and Peruvian Threes 561, which are generally full prices. "Inch 4 per Cents. rule steady at 951. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign rito cks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6/ 71; Mexican, 2° .„ ; Peruvian,. 79 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 56 ; P ortugue se. 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per ee nte.,lo4 6 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 92 94 ; Spanish ~Per Cents., 421 43 ; ditto Deferred, 23124; ditt o u,o rtificates, 41 ; ditto Passive, 6k The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this date, are .in round figures as under : 1856. ...... £23,885 49,997 12,346 9,626 26,512 13,961 10,234 20.341 19,605 8.125 6,416 ~,,rlreat Western o rth-Western ' 3o eth•Western ~. • right on 4 idland th.. Eastern Cal edonian ? T eat Northern 4A tiea,ihire and Ynrkshire aneheattr, Sheffield, and Lincoln Aibhutorth Stafford 1855. £20,150 44,035 9,983 8,104 24,485 10,262 10,216 17,762 17,154 7,323 4,518 0, 44 Lancashire b - n , Rter and Holyhead „!rigtol and Exeter • - Great and South-Wentern 'reat Western of Canada 5,254 4,501 5,493 5,522 8,161 4.554 3,898 4,650 4,851 5,155 To-morrow is an account day in the Railway Share Market, and a large business having recently b een transacted the dealers are busy in passing da mes, &c. The public have evidently been heavy t u uYers of late, and the .rates of continuation are l ' i gh• Most of the principal shares this morning are at an improvement. The Foreign and Colonial lines are not much affected by the arrangements making for th e settlement, and are generally at previous quotations. Yesterday afternoon a slight reaction took Place from the advanced rates of premium at ~►hieh the various new joint-stock companies ' O O ruled during the last few days. The 4 rint xed are about the present values :—Ottoman 13 ank, LI to 2 pm.; National Discount Co., - to 1 DM. ; Egyptian, 2 to 2Y pm.; Western of London, I to 11; and the Alliance Bank, to 2 pm. Mis cellaneous shares are almost neglected. I 'KETIt3H FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Prom the ()Anal Liit.) Buslnes, done. 3 Per Cont. Ridnced Annuities.... ......... 925 a 11`er Cent. Console Annnitio; 9ll 24 2 ew 3 per Cent. Annuities 4 Ohi Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th 0ct.,1559 3 5-14 ~, Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 85 l6 13-16 ~1 14,1 t Bonds, .£lOOO '4 d , ntafds for Account Xtehequer Bills, 20. gI(XX) . 1590 . ' %nail 67 3 : Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent 97i 8 bitto, 1859 ? RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO( E. Tineties Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 'i6 Ntlador Bonds Grenada New Active, 11 per Cent. - ...Ditto Deferred %Wean 3 per Cent. Ditto Account . . 2o ' l' Peruvian Bonds, 4, per Cent. Ditto 3per Cent. — Ditto Account 561 op ,ei a n Bonds, 3 per Cent — 'Ditto Account 43 Ttirki t h Bonds, 6 per cent 93a Ditto Account 94 a Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent look 1 Ditto Account .. V!inetuela Bonds, 41 per Cent ,- Ditto Account uividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 23 per Cent., 12 Guil ,Ditto 4 per Cont. Certificates 'TWO O'CLOCK. elnsole .... . ............ 92 i Ditto Account ......................... . . 921 923 --- FIRE IN THE DOCKS, SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.— This day, between one and two o'clock, an alarm was liven that a fire bad broken oat on board the Royal 'Jail Company's steam ship Atra.to, now lying in the r' f , r4 yring dock. The dock authorities were quickly on the !alert, and the engines were run up to the spot ; but fortunately their aid was not required. The cir currupances are simply these—one of the workmen passing along the deck with a bucket of varnish, which is of an inflanotnablw nature, spilt a portion, coming in contact with some heated iron, gaited ; it was quickly ptit out without causing any diaaao. ro 10 to 5 5 20 10 rip • FOREIGN. 1.0 all lAntworp&tiott .rdam; 8 • 8 10 40 I Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs.c.an. in Sh. ut par till '64 Itl 1 p 20 10' Ardennes ll 2 5 4,t 'Magian Eactu. June 1 3• —• 14 %ears to Graisseasac 4 - pay 18 44 ltombay, Baroda, awl , Contral Indis,Sorli g 4 p 18 all Do. 17: all Demerara 20 11 flntel , Rhenish 1 l 111 10 all Ill'n.stern of France AB4 13 Do. NOM ll 13 , ' 1C all nart Indian, g. 5 p.' 21 214 10 15 De. EY tiqi gin') 4 1 100 all D0.4.', OU Ad n‘-,. do. d, 20 16 Gee ono Melbourne guar. 5 per c 20 all Do., Lon. allot., do. IE I 224 Gi Tk of CanaclaA.l-• 104 9. 121 25 I Do. 10 0 9 uo. Cert. of L'eben , con. into Stk. till '62 63 67 'IX; all Do. Comp. 6p. 0., 40. 82 Sfi 4 iqt. Cet,tral of Fran. •54 • . 5 11 20 all !Gt. Indian Penhastnla .20A 201 26 ' 4 ;rest LuxPrnbour,. IConstituted Shares 5. 1 ... ! 51 Dn. Obligationk .. 3 • 34 IC 11 Do. re-is. , orftd. Bh. NI , .411 Gt. Western of Canse a callarea 26 264 2.0 54 Do. New .. 34 4 j 9/ Ilk, ,11 1)o. Rds., payable's7,- with option till '55.. A 9 —if 0 107/ LOO all Do. do., '62. p. '56.. 123 126 100 s. Do. do., '76, p. '60.. 123 12'1 I.PO do., '73, without option lO6 - . 10't 10. all Llamilton k Toront- 254 26 00 'Ol 10. 6 per cent. 20 17 [Ake Const. k Ball 20 all Liorro and Turnhout 5 411 !Lucca 1 Pist.sp. c.p pr. 10 16 uyons and Geneva , 9 10 20 14 ;Lyons 4' Maditerran 10 all i 'Writs, guar. 4' p.c 1 9 1 -- 19 1 20 1.0 i De. New • 0., SP. c ; 20 5 I Po. 44 p. c. Exton •-• 31i all Warta Antonia . 7 9 10 '4ll Do. do. New 20 all I lamnr & Liege (-vitl. interest) 54 6 5i 20 all Do. (ex Internet) St 51 , 16 all siorthern of France 371 20 All D 0.201 Sbs lll -- 121 40 all Do. 201. 3p. c Bdr (fruy.B.&Ams.Shs. •—!!! 10 all lgorweglanTrunkPre 7 8 20 all Paris and Lyons 4Bl 49( 494 40 all Ditto Bonds - •• 10 all IParis and Orleans •49 • 50 10 . 5 !Rome and Frascati — 20 all ißoyal Danish l9 20 5 all !Royal wettish 2 21 4 all I Do. Obligations .... `1 21 20 1.11 . !Sambre and Meuse... 91 94 10 all 'Do. 5 p. font. Prof. 20 5 ScAndr, guar. sp. c 1 111 20 All Do 20 all kouthern of France pm 20 16' St. Andrew's andl Quebec (A) . f-11 West Flanders 34 4 le all Do 5/, par c. Prof 20 18 W. &N.W. of Franc, 33 34 33/ 20 all west. of Switzerland 6 all Wiesbaden ••• ..... ••• 20 all Zealand TOLNT-STOCK BANKS. s 0 111 'Austral A. 4111.... ....... 92 - '.4 1 40 00 4 50 1 Bturit. c. nko o f London 65 —67678 i 7i lik.S.:Le., C ... -- .. 50 a ll British N. American ... _,.* 25 5 (Martel. Bank of Atli, par _. 3. p 20 4 Chrtd. Brit. of India, Australia, & China ... _ .. d 100 50 City ... GI -- 71 70 100 25 Colonial 100 20 ,Commercial of Loud . ..... ... 20 all !Enr.Scot.kAns.Cht• 17i —. is iri 20 au !Lond. Ohart. Bk. of Australia 20 5 ! Ditto New 50 20 iLendon and County. .•. ..„ 100 50 ,Lua.&E.Bukg•Corp. par 2p 50 10 London Joint Stock ... 100 20 tLond. & Westminsto ... ... 100 35 !National Pro.of Eng ... ••• 20 10 I Do. Now,. ..- '"— •• • 50 221,INationa1 of Ireland ... • •,.; 20 all !New South Wales__ 37 3. ' 25 all 10r;ental Bank a Corporation 39 41 40 tOO ,25 i rrGvinciel of Irela n d ~, ... 10 I all , Do. New .., -... ~.. 5 1 1 Royal Australn.Bkg It 50 Re l va ri l ° B il ri T ti m sh l3 .. C .. 0 ..... ..- 100- 7.. 25 all Amitli Australia 3B 40 rAd 25 all Union of Ansta 7O .. 72 TV; ) , 2A Do. New..... 50 10 !Union o LLandon — 21 SO ZS THE SIN, LONDON, THURSDAY EvEmi IN; (3-, FEBRUARY 14 I 8 6. ‘.1.14 . 1 7 ;1; , LA; r',4: 1:1". _ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. (~arix C.'onipanA Clam(lu • rte. , yeiterd ty . "ratites, this la,y. A full meeting of this sowety was held on Monday evening ; Admiral W. F. Beechey, president, in the chair. BINIIIII6BI done this day • Among those present were, Sir Roderick Murchison, Sir G. Back, Sir Charles Fellow,', the Earl of Sheffield, General Sir Harry .Jones, Count Strazlecki, Lieuten ant Colonel Lefroy, Dr. Rae, Captain Gordon, R.N., Mr. Calvert, Q.C., Mr. R. M. Milnes, M.P., the Hon. H. S. Law; Captain Thomas Miller, R.N., Mr. Duncan M'Gregor, Mr. Brooking., Mr. Arrowsmith, Mr. Galton, Dr. Hodgkin, Colonel Everest, Rev. C. G. Nicolay, Rev. S. Clark, Rev. W. Oxenhain, Mr. Osborne Smith, Mr. Harris, Mr. Latrobe, Mr. Ashurst Majendie, Mr. Joseph Gl en , M r . W. B. Hume, Mr. Findlay, Mr. Walker, Capt. the Hon. H. A. Murray, Major Kane, Admiral the Hon. C. B. Elliott, Mr. E. J. Harrington, Consul Brand, Mr.. Lionel Gishorne, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. John Brown, Mr Lawrence Oliphant, and Mr. . The Right Hon. Sir T. Fremantle and Major Vincent Eyre were officially introduced, upon their election. Sir W. 11. Logan, F.R.S., Chief Geologist and Com missioner of Canada; Captain Sherard Osborn, R.N., C.B. ; J. H. Mandeville, Esq., late her Majesty's Mi nister Plenipotentiary at Buenos Ayre.s ; Rev. A. R. Ashwell, M.A.; G. F. Brooking, Esq.; M. H. Brooking, Esq. ; T. H. Newman, Esq.; J. H. Plower, Eiq. ; and N. F. Simmons, R.N., were elected Follows. 94 - 96 94 - 98 Among the dc>nation , receivei since the previous meet- ing the following mcre important ones were mentioned : —United States Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere during the years 1849, '5O, '5l, and '52. By Lieutenant J. M. Gillis. Two vole. 4t0., numerously illustrated. Presented by the author. The Imperial Atlas of Modern Geography. By Messrs. Blackie and Son, of Glasgow. Parts Ito 7 inclusive. Second Edition of the Art of Travel. By F. Galton. Memoirs of Admiral krreenstern, edited by Sir John Ross ; together with the Transactions of the Royal Uni versity of Christiania, and of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Madrid. The papers read were— _ _ 1. Remarke on the Open Sea in the North Polarßasin, by Robt. White, Esq.; .communicated by Jno. Barrow, Esq., F.R.G.S. The reports of the existence of an open Polar sea hair, been corroborated by Dr Kane's expedition, and the paper proposed to show that the action of the sun and the oceanic currenta within the Arctie circle naturally explained such a phenomenon. The inclination of the earth's axis referred the normal line ofextreme cold to the Arctic circle, the action of the sun on the Pole being con tinuous during the Arctic summer, while its influence is distributed overthe regions adjacent bytheirdaily rotation. floe currents likewise circulating round the Pole convey warmth there ; while they retain heat enough to become the carriers of frozen masses to the temperate regions. The evidence of Barentz, Wrangel, Penny, Belcher, and Kane, concurring on this subject, calls for further investigation in the direction pointed out by the course of the warm stream. The President said that a work of his had been quoted in support of an open sea, and there fore he would refer to the passage in question, and to the authorities usually cited by advocates of that opinion, for the purpose of showing that there was no foundation for it. He concluded by mentioning several cases in which reports of an open sea had been fol lowed up without success ; and there was reason to be ieve that Dr. Kane's discovery, if pursued, would lead either to a vast inland basin, or a sea covered with the ante moveable and impenetrable mass of ice which had stopped Parry, M'Clure, Gollinson, and Belcher, and all other Arctic navigators. 2. Report of Surveyor R. Austin, commanding the Expedition to Explore the Interior of Western Aus tralia, N. and E. of the Settled Districts, communi oicated by the Colonial-office. This expedition was ordered by the local Government of Western Aus tralia, and despatched in June, 1854, under the com mand of Mr. R. Austin, who was directed to proceed to Northam, and examine the country towards the E.N.E., in search of a region called by the natives Cow ..:owing. Advancing northward and eastward, as far as the latitude of Cape Cuvier, he was then to turn south tod west, in search of the Gascoyne, or any other large elver likely to fall into the sea, in the same, neighbour soed. A ves:el vim sent to the mouth of the Gascoyne li to look out fsr him. Mr. Austin found Cowcowing ab. u 60 miles N.E. of Northam, and proceeded in the same direction as far as 118 deg. E. long., acid 31 deg. S. lat.; when, pushing northward to 27 deg. 30 min. 8. lat., he came upon a great marsh, winding and lowing N.W., At an eltitude of 1,896 feet above the sea. From this marsh the drainage appears to fall through Lake Moore, Lake Cowcowing, the Salt River, and the Avon, to the ocean. Passing the southern borders of the marsh, Ur. Austin proceeded in a north-westerly, direction till he approached 26 deg. S. lat., in long, 116 deg., and again , u long. 115 deg., when lie was compelled to retreat on the Murchison River, which he reached on November. After leaving the mar-6, he passed some large tribu taries of the Murchison, cnning from the N.E., ire planted by many natives, and various animals. The country traversed was very indifferent and waste to the westward. The geological features evince great mine -alogical interest, and are sttifl to indicate gold fields of he richest character, confirming Sir It. Murchison's views on those regions. 3. Not( s on the Probable Condition of the Interior of Australia ; by Mr. H. Landor. From the evidence Afforded by the wind and temperature in the several colonies of Australia, the author assumes that the treater part of the interior is covered with shallow rater in winter, which evaporates in summer, when •he ground becomes parched and burnt up, under the intense beat experienced by Captain Sturt. The coon 'ry may be more favourable along the northern water parting, which, however, he thinks, cannot be moon r.ainous ; and this track will probably be explored by the expedition now on the Victoria. 4. Progress of the North Australian Expedition, by A. C. Gregory, commander ; communicated by the Colonial-office. A communication from Mr. Gregory to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and another from Ar. Wilson, the geologist, to Sir Roderick Murchison, announce the arrival of the North Australian Expedi ion at the mouth of the Victoria River, on the N.W. coast. The expedition left Mofeton Island on August 12th, in the Monarch, barque, and Tom Tough, schooner. Port Essington was sighted on September let, and on ;he same day the Monarch grounded on a reef at the en trance of Port Patterson, where the ships remained till ieptember 10. After leaving the reef the ships parted company, and Mr. Gregory having reached B'unders in the Tom Tough, and found a good landing-place with water, returned in, search of the Monarch, which he Found at Point Pearce, landing the horses on a beach two miles distant from the ship, advantage having been aken of his absence. As the horses were towed through the water, out of fifty, five were drowned. Water was found with difficulty six miles from the beach, and there the horses were encamped, and were rapidly recovering front the effects of the voyage. From thence, the horses will he driven round the 'lead of the Firzmaurica river, through a rugged sand stone country, to meet the rest of the party at Kangaroo Point, on the Victoria ; from whence a start will be made about the end-of October. The geological indica tions give promibe of a country in the interior, and it is hoped that another communication may be received eefore the expedition is completed. Although many fires and traces of natives have been seen, , none of the aborigines have been met with. Sir RODERICK Muucansois directed attention to the great irsportanne of the expedition, and to the impera tive necessity for the occupation and settlement of Northern Australia. Count STRAZLECKI, concurring in the views taken by r Roderick, complimented the society for having urged an the notice of Government so desirable an undertaking, nd remarked that so much importance was attached to it, in a commercial as well as in other points of view, by many of the city merchant 4, that Mr. Uzielli, a member of the society, had volunteered, in the event of the Go vernment's refusing to send out this expedition, to ad. vance 10,0001. for the purpose of carrying out the objects in question. After a tow brief observations from Mr. Uzielli, the meeting adjourned to the 25th inst. LITERATURE. German Reading : Book. By Dr. M. M. Fiscae Daiid Nutt, 270, Straw!. Henceforth, from the date of the issue of this little volume througleahe press; Dr. Fischel ought to be regarded as a veritable Benefactor to the English Student of German Literature. Altogether it appears to us one of the most masterly elemen tary productions which has for a considerable while come within the range of our observation. In its general design, no doubt, it has a certain kind of family resemblance to the works based upon the system popularly known as the Hamiltonian. Yet the obvious similarity alluded to is such as in no essential respect whatever to militate from the value of the claims put forth by Dr. Fischel's volume to the merit of distinctive individuality— as implied through the wording of the very title page. " A German Reading Book"—it unquestion ably is—" on an eutirely new principle :" although one, it may be, originally suggested by the general system already particularised. In illustration of our meaning it will only be necessary briefly to explain in a few words the character •of the very novel enterprise, as it appears to us, here brought, by the ingenious German master of Queen's College, under our critical consideration. It is nothing less agreeable and attractive than "A Story by Franz faloffmann"—a charming story in twelve chapters —printed iu companion pages, giving the reader upon the left hand the German original, and upon the right hand a literal English translation. A version line for line ! nay, more than that, actually word for word ! ! The identity of each line clearly indicated by numerals in the margin —and the sienification of the idiomatic ori ginal being strongly impressed upon the reader's memory by the force of the contrasting syntax of the two languages. Ex. gr.—" 'He, mein Bursche,' Sagte der mann, welcher ihn in den Kreis seiner Gefahrtcn gebracht hatte, Ich frage dich ob du mit uns aus denaGefangnisse entwischen willst?' " is explained to mean not freely,—"' Ha, my lad,' said the man who had brought him into the midst of his companions, I ask thee whether thou wilt escape with us out of the prison ?' " but literally,— " 'Ha my lad,' said the man, who him into the circle Of his companions brought had, I ask thee, whether thou with us out ofthe prison escape will.'" A single example like the one here particularised will be sufficient—ex uno disce ermines —read it! examine a,nd you have the key to the whole mystery. Hey -presto—and, at the mere waving, as it wore, of the magic pen of Dr. Fische], in his capacity, as at once the compiler and editor of this admirable version of "A Story by Franz Hoffmann," aimnl taneouslyin idiomatic German and distorted English —there crumble away to nothingness the rugged and mountainous difficulties, apparently blocking up the pathway to the acquisition of the German lan guage by the English student, just then beginning perhaps to aspire to the appreciation of the German literature. Dr. Fischel's great motive-power as a teacher is precisely what was the motive-power of Danton as a statesman—viz., to dare. Instead of allowing his pupils, like inexperienced swimmers, to stand shivering upon the brink of the unknown tongue, trembling and shuddering perpetually ov er the dry rules of the grammar—be makes them plunge boldly into the stream of learning, at once, by placing a German book, without further delay into their hands, and enabling them, as we have seen, to begin reading it on the instant. The result is little short of the miraculous. Scarcely has the student mastered the orthography of the language, and got by heart the first simple prin ciples of its etymology, when he finds himself with this pleasant tale by• Franz Hoffmann before him, floating pleasantly onward to a perfect (though while it is being acquired scarcely perceptible) acquisition of the laws, the peculiarities, and the irregularities of the German syntax—the ear, the taste, and the nice discrimination of the attendant master alone enabling any one of course to obtain a knowledge of the crowning grammatic ac complishment, that of the prosody, regulat ing the variable inflections, and the quantities, and the accents, and the emphasis, and in short the general pronunciation. Turning page after page glibly, following lino after line, tracing out word after word, the reader opens the book, may be, hardly able to stumble through a sentence, and closes it capable (unless he be inherently au unmiti gated and iunnifigable dullard) capable—what shall we say without exaggeration ?—well (honestly then); capable not only of readingand understanding, but actually, to a very great extent, of enjoying and ap preciating, net simply a Hoffmann, but a Gcethe or a Schiller. Hurrying on from the perusal of a nameless little story abbett .Pierre and Captal to that of a world-famous idyl like " Herman and Dorothea," or of wondrous lyrics like those by the celebrant of " Fridolin," and the "Gods ofGreece." Honour to the ingenious scholiast whose skill has thusdeftly,endowed his pupils with an Open Sesame to the hidden treasures of the glorious literature cif his fatherland 1 Pro?eeding to the details of the plan here unfolded to the wondering contempla tion of his disciples, De. Fischel explains to them at the outset, that is to say, through the medium of his brief prefatory announcement, how it is he contrives to insinuate into their minds, during the course of an agreeable and facile perusal of a story by Franz Hoffmann, a familiar acquaintance with the rules of the German grammar ! This he ac complishes by means of a sprinkling of illustrative foot-notes as lucid as they are apposite. Foot notes conveying among other instructive frag ments of information, a notion of the various ideas involved in a single word, giving all its other meanings (besides the one supplied in the text), both proper and figurative. Added to these, moreover, there are foot-notes explanatory of idioms, and, appeaded to the whole story, an elementary German Grammar—so that to all in tents and purposes the single volume before us, marvellously complete in itself, comprises in one work the usually scattered advantages of a Reading Book, a Grammar, and a Dictionary. In other words, it is a literal Vade Mecum, a veritable re pertory of instruction upon the no longer recondite study of the German language. As affording addi tional testimony of the value of the remarkable volume under notice—here are the five hints as to the manner in_which the book ought to be used (luring the process of its systematic examination. Firstly—the student is informed, for example, that " the English line on the opposite page, having the same numeral at the side as the German, is the literal translation of the German Tide"—as we our selves Lave already here exemplified. Secondly— it has been arranged that " when two English words arc required for translating one German word they are connected by a hyphen"—a most judi cious arrangement, it will be allowed, when it is remembered how many are the composite words in the German language. Thirdly, by an adroit arrangement, whenever " a German word is not required in the English it is translated, but placed between brackets [ r —while, on the contrary, " words which are necessary in English, but are wanting in the German, are placed within paren theses ( )"—occasions, as might be conjectured, of not by any means unfrequent occurrence. Fourthly, " when the German separable compound verb is translated by one word, that word is to go in the place of the vtrb ; and to call attention to the prefix, a (p.) has been inserted, signifying par ticiple, the translation of whick is already con tained in the - verb" s— by which simple contriv ance a constant source of bewilderment to a tyro is at once overcome. Fifthly, and this, too, is re peatedly occurring—" where the cases are different in German from the English, they are indicated iii the German text by the letters g, d, or a," meaning, of course, respectively, genitive, dative, or accusa tive. And with these five little keys in his hand the student quickly enough discovers how very easily he can unlock the mysteries of a noble, and at the outset an apparently almost inscrutable, language. The volume is one which, of Assail, stamps the reputation of Dr. Fiechel as that of an eminent German teacher, who is at once a profo und and a popular grammarian. A Plea for Urania. Piper, Stephenson, an Spence. It is unquestionably a very remarkable curiosity, to say the least of it, this "Plea for Urania"—bein g . nothing less than a Popular Sketch of Celestial Phi losophy, or, in other words, an argument in favour of the most ancient of the various olo: p i o es n , t e h x e arn ol i o n 7 A. of all the ologies, Astrology ! treatise the book before us, in fact , p roves itself to be, tion—written for the mast part in a logical and some times even in a strictly philosophical spirit, though, o ccasionally running off in its style into the oddest sort of serio-comic whimsicalities ? The anony mous author is evidently a wag as well as a stu dent--otherwise we should not have him penning so facetious a preamble to his really erudite disqnisi tion as that fantastic reference to the taboo upon Urania with which he introduces his readers to the more recondite chapters, relating subsequently to the once vaunted, ce but now for the most part ex ploded, science of Judicial Astrology, the science, as it is m ore su bli me l y d es i gna ted by its vot ar i es , of Celestial Philosophy. Whoever the writer of the volume may be—he has manifestly mastered his theme very surprisingly. He is " up" in its mysteries. He is among the number of the ini tiated. Nay—he is not merely initiated himself, but bent apparently upon tearing away the veil of the weird Elousis for the roXXot—macadamisivg a highway for the vulgar crowd along which they may penetrate, if they list, to the very heart of the labyrinth—treading not " lightly," but _hea vil y , loudly, resoundingly upon the " holy ground , traversed during past ages by so many sages from Zoroaster down to Zadkiel 1 That We are SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yseter lay RAIL WAIII. .0() All .rnw . all Do. A .. Do. B 'rio I Junction ►ub;in&&Bolinet.Tnnc , %tin. P. & Jne, East Anglian &stern Counties.. Jnion s A so 'lOO •11 100 1001 too 100 an too 'De., B. Stowe Do., New 'a.st Kent salt Lxncashlre all all 141 8 100 2 1 2 ° 111 all all u rgh Glasgo , k , :dinb. and Peebles. x..dia.Prth Qt Dipa&, 'ortb k Clyde Jun . o'nruess le. Extension......., Glasgow At S. W0g..., Great N. of Scotlnd. heat Northern Do., A. Stock )0., B. Stock &West.(lre treat Western )o. Stour Val. Rai Stk deb South-Eastern. retne+.tor & Carlisle 00., Thirds.. Do. Now Thirds Lei:mash. and Yorkel , .)9., Wet. aiding Un ‘ ll P. CrBby • & Southo London & Blackwell Lon 4. Bright &S.Cst, f.ond. end N. Wotan Do. Fifths Do. 'Eighths ..... London end% West), Do., £53 Do., £40.. ;.ndodrryds Col erain 'sndndrz: , . & n ch.& cf. Lino] Man. At Lin. TTr Actropolitan )o. llirmng. & Deft, qtdltl. G. West. )o. Half Shares...., Vgwcaoltl e k Carlisl« Nwpt.Aberg. lewry & siewry Warrenpoir.• said Rostrevor.,.., 'gorfolk lortbn.Conntios Ur North British.., Nth Devon Rai', kl i Dock Stock..... ....', !)0., A. Stock .. B Stock Do., B Guarantee N. Eastern—Berwicie Do. do. Extension .. Do.do. G.N.E. 'turoh Do. Leeds Do. York 'North London ... , si.k.S.Watrn.,lll9,lll' • stead, and City Jn.. VOW, Ttaffordshir tiorth Western...... & S. West rn. Juno inneaton. Him:Mc? cad Leiceator.. ..... Yt, Wore., k WOIV. • •r.rt RT.ionth 7cott'ah Ce itral icottish tilitnd •nt-upshire U! i ;(vati) Devon ~ lomth Eastern.. south Wales ‘.„ vrksli. Ri v. Dtp Wok. k.Woli Stockton & Darn . ,u,:ktim findlepi "aft' Vale.. in. Pref., No. ph,mes liav, IL& R. ,ITlverstone & Lance 'Vale of N0ath......... Waterftl. & Killtenn, Waterford&timer , el IWeat Cornwall iWeat, End of London and. Crystal Palace, Do. A ........... Do. 8...., West London. WimUodn 3c Croydon nerd nevi Ambg. Nottng. Boat and &stn. Junot lielfast tlallymena Shining. Wolvorh Stour Valley Birk o Lanes], 6 aconite Janet Cheyh. & Birk. £5O and £25 Cony: •)0., 'I yth & Tyns origina £25 (issd. at 44E tristol and Exeter.. tledonian. ....... 'arm. and Cardigan ihester & Holyhead. lark and Bandon.. :ork, Back, & Peak 25 27 - 41 8 - .14 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 85 - 87 551 - 66: 12~ - 13 • •• ... 4 ---. 2 12 - 13 01 10i 30 - 32 20 - 22 72 - 73 $2 - 54 22 - 24 82 - 86 6i -*. 7 90 - 9t 74 - .76 L 23 - .125 103 - 101 551 74 - 6 - 7i Si - 7i: 816 - 82 6.1" 7 97 98 Xooi 101 par, fd par, I— -94 95 3i 24 3 2 ON .... ••• 24 - 25 * fd 69f —-69 i 40 42 MOO • •• ao ~~ a' ••• 29 30 75 -76 - 6 41 - 44 - ;5 51 52 ii ---- 'rid ••• _ - 23 - 25 - 106 75 77. 45 - 17 Ili 124.. 63. 71' 73 4. 2. li • id 11 37 .•• . 20 -- 22 34 - 4i 4 6 London A N. West. L. t4N.W C*ledon... E. Un. E. C Gt.Nrti,n. E. Count. ( 1 44 . V: ,7 " . e:tr & Berw. Y. & N M Do Do • Easter! Do !Pot° k Ca !Norfolk IDo L. &N. W . Midld. iitekton & Darlingt. Conn. IE. Count. Do Do Do Qt Northn lancash & Yorksh. T. Brasacy hf.lf Clean Stock t. & Darlingt Do itw 'estn ' ....... *es ...' 14 : 166 13 -1? i 23; - 241 1 1071 - 1.12 ••• - 91 - 93 53 = IS • •• ... see - 8 3 - 32 - 23 83 - 85 IHABIR3. LOSS OF THE JOSEPHINE WILLIS Investigation this Day. At noon 'this day the inquiry directed by the Board of Trade, under the 432 d and 433 d sections of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, (the 17th and 18th of Victoria, cap. 101), into the circumstances attending the unfortunate wreck of, the ship Josephine Willis, which was run down off Folkestone, by the Manger ton steam-ship, commenced before Mr. Yardley, at the Town Hall, in High-street, Poplar. The spacious board-room in which the inquiry was held was crowded to excess with parties interested in the in- qui ry. Eleven o'clock was the hour appointed for the inquiry to commence, but the magistrate did not enter the board room until twelve o'clock. Mr. O'Dowd, a barrister, and assistant solicitor to conduct criminal prosecutions under the Merchant Ship ping Act, conducted the case for the Board of Trade. On Mr. Yardley taking his seat, he addressed Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, and said, " I presume you at tend here as counsel t" Mr. Ballantine—l attend here, sir, on behalf of the steam-boat company, the owners of the Mangerton. Mr. Yardley—And you, Mr. Parry Mr. Parry—l attend here as counsel for the owners of the lost ship, the Josephine Willis. Mr. Yardley wished, at starting, to state the nature of the proposed inquiry. It was not a judicial inquiry ; but the objeot was to collect facts for the Board of Trade and report to that board. At the present moment t h ere really were no partie■ before him. At the same time, he had no wish to exclude assistance from what ever quarter it might come, but at present no parties were before him. He wished to state at starting, how the case stood. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Parry claimed a right to ro. present the parties for whom they appeared, and said the magistrate had the power of inflicting costs. Mr. Yardley doubted whether he could inflict costs on ally party who was not before him. After a long discussion, in the course of which Mr. Yardley said he wished to elicit the truth, and should be g'ad to have the assistance of such acute gentlemen as Mr. Parry and Mr. Ballantine, but he wished the principle on which they claimed a right to be present was understood. If the parties connected with the two vessels had a right to appear by counsel, the re lations of the parties who had lost their lives might claim a right to appear. This was in the shape of a pre liminary inquiry, like a coroner's inquest. Counsel did appear before coroners' juries, and be should assimilate the inquiry to that of a coroner's inquest, where no party was supposed to be affected. Mr. Parry contended that this was a judicial inquiTy, and. that on a similar inquiry counsel and attorneys diu appear. The discussion was prolonged fora consider. able time, counsel claiming the undoubted right and privilege of representing their respective clients. Various clauses were referred to, and many cases cited. They contended also that the words " try the same" in the 433 d section gave full force, to the proceeding being a strictly judicial one. Mr. Yardley asked if any parties had been summoned ? Mr. O'Dowd said witnesses had been aurnmoned, but neither of the parties belonging to the two ships which came in collision. Mr. Parry—The second mate of the Josephine Willis is summoned here. Mr. O'Dowd—As a witness ? Mr. Parry said the proceeding was analogous to on e before a magistrate, where be madean order or Coririetid a early.,, : Mr. - Yardley despatched Mr. Livingston, the chief usher of the Thames police court, fur his commission, which he had left in his desk at the court. The magic. trate was quite positive that be could not award costs against any party who was not before biro, and there really were no parties before him. There could be no judicial opinion given ; he was only to give a report. H•e could, if he thought proper, conduct the inquiry with closed doors. He had no wish to stifle inquiry, but he wished to conduct it in such a way as to prevent error. If the inquiry was directed to inquire into the conduct of any captain or mate, the party would have a perfect right to appear by counsel or attorney, and he would most readily admit his right. No parties had been summoned before him, and no person could be represented, but he should be most happy to be assisted by counsel or attorney, or to receive any suggestions from them, in the same manner as a coroner did upon an inquest where there was no party before the court. The learned conneel adopted the course pointed out by the magistrate, and said they could be of as much zee to their clients as if their full right to appear was ad mitted. The inquiry is expected to )wit several days. ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE THIS DAY. About six o'clock this morning an alarming and de structive fire broke out on the premises occupied by Mr. Jas. White, timber merchant, Yardley-street, Clerken well. It appearethat- as several workmen were proceed. ing to their employment they observed flames issuing from the counting-house of the wood-yard, when the alarm was given, and messengers despatched to the several fire-brigade stations in the district. Meanwhile the flames had communicated from the counting-hoes with the premises, Nos. 1,2, and 3, .John-street, which are i.nmediately adjacent. These houses being in• habited, the utmost alarm prevailed amanget the inmates, most of whom were awakened from sleep, and with much diffieulty escaped. The de structive element prevailed uncontrolled for some time, despite the utmost exertions of the workmen employed on the establishment, and detachments of the West of England Fire Brigade. Much valuable timber was de stroyed, and nearly the whole of the implements and tools belonging to the workmen. The firs, in its course, next seiatd the houses occupied by Mr. Patten, eating house keeper, and Mr. Cole, furniture broker ; and they also shared the mama fate—goods and household priperty alike falling a sacrifice. The attention of the Fire Brigade, who seeing their efforts almost fruitless in arresting the flames, which had so strongly prevailed, was now directed to cut off communication with the adjoining Premises, and in their endeavours they were ultimately successful. Fortunately there was no loss of life. The losses are estimated at between 20,000/. and 30, 0001.—Mr. White himself having lost, it is con sidered, no lees than 10,0001. A similar conflagration occurred at the same establishment about foer years ago. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Meeting this Day. The ordinary half-yearly [meting of this company was held this afternoon at the Waterloo.road Terminus; Mr. in the chair, W. Chaplain, M.P., The report of the directors, and the statement of ac counts, which have both been published in The Sun, were taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adop tion of the report, congratulated the meeting on the satisfactory state of the company's receipts over expen diture during the pait year, compared with that of the previous one, and which he hoped showed them that their interests were properly attended to by the direc tors. A resolution would be submitted to them for their approval, empowering the directors to carry to the capital account 23 , 6921., for plant and 20,2491. for new works that had bee n pa i d out of revenue during the past year. The gross receipts up to 31st Dec , 1855, amounted to 817,7011., and th e p l ant charged to capital, including the vote to be asked for that day, 686,6651., which he thought showed they had not charged so much to capital as many other com panies bad done. During this half-year i n comparison and 8,000/. with that of 1853, they had received 12,000 / , for warlike for traffic,me merchan dis e as dis t e h e traffic,including conveyance ft rr a p t s ,t to the Ahlershott . Camp, making an excess of 20,0001.; and h e was san guine that if they had peace that the legitimate traffic of their lines would greatly exceed the amount that had been received for the past half year. Mr. LACEY (director) seconded the motion. A. brief discussion ensued, after which the report was adopted, and a dividend declared at the rate of Si. 12s. 6d. per annum. A resolutio n f o r capit a li s ing the expendit ure f or th e past year for plant and works was also agreed to. Mr. Sergeant Gazelee and Mr. Hutchings, M.P., were re elected directors, and Mr. A. Hayes, auditor. Tito meeting shortly after terminated. SIR Josarra. WALIISLEY'S MOTION.—The following is the precise form of thi s mo tion, as it appears in the Vo ai te na s s a ie n y,_B dPro r c it e i e s d h inf us o eu f mth, &c,—That, in the opinion the Souse :—" Sir Joshua w of this house, it would promote the moral and intellec tual improvement of the working classes of this metro polis if the collections of natural history and of art in the British Museum and the National Gallery were open to the public inspectitl gfter mar service oti Sundays'. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISIT CORN For the week ended Feb. 14, 1856, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the differeut Cities and Towns in England and %Vales per imperial Quarter. WEIEAT. BAILLET. 1 OATS. 1 ETS. I BEANS. PRAJI. 731 81 37s 5.t 21s 61 51s 41 43s 41 42s 2d TIIE SIX WEEKS' AvEItAGE. WHEAT. I BAILIT. OATB. - EIE. BEANS. I PEAS. 75s 11.1 38s 2d 25s 10d 53s Id 45s 6d 44s 4d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 88,685; Barley. 96,436; Oats, 18 004 ; Rye, 127 ; Beans, 5,621; Peas, 1,736 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. 4NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—We had a very dull trade hero to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od. ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3810 d to 5s 03; Pork, 3s 4d to 4n 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 13.—The supplies of each kind of meat were tolerably good, and the trade ruled heavy, at droop ing prices. Beef; from 28 103 to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 01 to ts 6d; Veal, 45 01 to 4s 10, ; Pork, 3s 4d to is 6d per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Feb. 13.—T0-day's market was very dull, and the quotations generally had a downward tendency. Beef, from 3s 03 to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 23 to 4s 63 ; Veal, 4503 to 5s 03 ; Pcrk. 3s 43 to 4s 83 per 81bs. Quarter-old Store Pigs, 20s to 26s each. HAY MARKETS. EINITHIMMI3. — Meadow hay, 3/ 153 to 6/ OA ; clover ditto. 415 s to 61 10a ; and straw, 11 4s Od to 1/ 9s Od per /old. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, 311$s to 6/ lOs ; clover do., 4/ 5s to 61 12s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1./ 9s per load. Trade steady. WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 6' Os; cloves .1 0 ., 41 l' s to 6/ 103; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9s per load. Trade dull. Lord naddo, M.P., is greatly improved in health, and is able to attend to his duties in the House of Com mons for the first time since his election for Aberdeen shire in 1854. MONUMENT TO THE LATE MR. Er,WABD BAINES.— On Monday morning, a very numerously attended meeting of the committee for the erection of a statue of the late Mr. Edward Baines was held in the council chamber of the Leeds court house. The three statuettes were opened at the Commercial 13uildings, and there carefully inspected by the committee, whose opinion of their respective merits was recorded in a resolution, subsequently adopted unanimously, appointing Mr. Behnes the sculptor of the statue. The statue is to cost 700 guineas ;- it is to be eight feet in height ; and to laud upon ayedestal of Sicilian marble. The second prize of 301. was awarded to Mr. Noble.--Leedd Ater. ctiery. :~~ .•.. 90} 56} 51 6} 81 1 i I 97i 1001 1 1008 P 1 123 64 - 66 1 116 - 'lB 108 110 103 - 105 a it. 91 —.lO 6 - 6? 89 - 91 79 - S 1 79 - 81 93 • 100 9i - 101 16} - lfi 91 - 10} 70 - 72 18 - 19 13f - 14 1 - I 32 - 134 ... ... -- ... ••• -- •••r g . _. 112 - 134 95 - 97 1 - 4 - 44 ... ... ... ... St. St. St. St. St. 99 - 101 92. - ' 4 ti - 54 .. .... 1 - id t.O.f 20 20 25 25 1100 1100 100 all - fit 23..-- - 100 9i - 9i ••• 2A tid _ . MINES. 1 1 all 1 k.guy. grin.... ..... ••• *-- •••- 1 all lA.ng•lo An4trin. Gold ... - ... lOr all . Anglo Californian i - 20 61 Australian i - • I ill ).natralian Cordillor• ... - .• 1 all Ave Maria - ... 1 I all Baden (G.l.Dnelly of ... - ... 50 ; all Blvmar. Iron & Coa. - ... 20 , 14 British Iron 3 •-• 5 35 26 r3razilianlmp,(issuee • at £5 pm.) - 2A 30 all Do. Coeaes Al Cnial) , 2 - I i . 20 15 Do. St. John Del Ref 27 - 29 1 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 4) all Cobro Copper :: 6g 5 1 Colonial Gold __ ... St. all Copper Min. of Eng 35 - 38 25 all Do. Prof. 71 p. tern 26 - 28 ..- 16 Copiapo - 23 2 14 Fortuna. - id 20 all , lenc,..al l4 - 16 1 all ILNugg3tlreinßeg i 41 all rireat Polzooth .... 11 -2/ 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 • id 1 all Liberty 1 - 1 3 all Linares 6! - 7; 5 11 Lusitanian 1 all liariquita 1 : 1 i 1 all New Granada 0 - 1 all Nouveau Monde 10 all Pontgi.Sil.& LO.Min l2 - 14 5 1 Port Philip - ... 1 all 4nartz Rock k - I 50 all Rhyntney Iron ..... - 21 x d 15 all Do. Now 6 -- 8 a d 30 1135 lautiaro de Cuba 2i - 3 . . 6s. iort. Cons. Min. Co 3} - 41 1 all south Australian..... 1 - j 1 all o. Scrip. - / 1 1 Do. 10 per cent Prof .., - ... 4. . Tam. S. &L. Min. C o .. .. - • . 10 9 Cin Croft .... ... : . ... 28/ all United Mexican 34 - 3i 1 all Waller i i - 1 all West M ar i posa j - t 125.1 Worthing Mining 01, Australia ....... 1 so 1 arnha .. , ... . ..... ... - ... -.- ... - A I IhUALL2II•4 AU U ts. 25 19 Australian Agricalf. 25i - 24 2 25i le all Anshatln. Royal Mail . . _ . 10 all Berlin Water Works 6 . 1 -. 74 61 50 10 Brit. American Land 47 - 54 100 32i Canada 127 1 at St. ICO C. Go.6p.c. Jar & ;nlyll its --109 1 9 . C..) l t ' a o r b ,k 4: S at o u p g t 108 1 -- 1 1 0 10 7 24 - 2E 2 i 5 - 51 ' 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... - ... SBtt s b 11 alla°:i D C D D Crystal s66i Preference t P t ; l e & fl e e c e . . 20 1. 13 D Itu.stoA Eas te rn 5 all Sm Co, 1 11 li 25 all Electric Telegrapa 1 19 4 - 2 v E n ns l s r t c Iron Ore Ore ... - .... ... 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir ... ... 5 all Gen. Iron So Collier ... • ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... --• ... 18 all General Screw Steam ... --- o•• 20 10 Irish Beatroot Sugar ... - - 4 all Land. Gcn. Omnibus 3i - -4 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig ... -..- 10 all Meditemn. Elec. Tel. 8 - 1 0 10 9 Moxican&S.Americn. 5i - ri 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel .., - ... 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 - li 10 ' all Do. Do. - 3 5 2 Do. 8 pcP iss atl d i- id 100 80 Now B. & N.S. Laud 18 - 22 1 all N. B. Australasian 1 - i 20 15 Nrth.ofEuropeStaam ... - . . 1 • all Oriental Gas, 1 - 14 1 2a. De. "New Shares" ... - . . 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Miurl. 2/ - 2i 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... - ... 53 10 Do. Now . • ...p 2 all Portland Iron Co ... - ... 103 60 Royal Mail Steam „• ... _ ... 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1i .- 11 11 1 1 Ditto New i _.ip 25 all South Austral:Land 351 -36 A t all Submit. Tel. Scrip i - - 1 20 all D o . Reg istered. 1 i 5 Trust 41. Coal. Can. .. ..... .. 10C 28 Via Maumee Lang 15i ii- 16 -,- kw, • oft - YeQ2,l6l , 4.oefibTl , Li! 0 . -,. ~-r. EAILgrAiS. Bedford and FlletAley Backghameh. Clydesdale 3c. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. bin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Sh. (line. Barr. & Neil.. Direct Do. New Glstr.& Dn. Fr Flrtlpl. Dk. & Rail way Hull & Selby Do. Sharev. Do. Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do.Preferenc: Lon., TH., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Batn and Matlock Middlesbro' Rodcar Midld.Bradfcl Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c Prost. & R y:. Do. Shrs. A Royetn.&Hit. Shot Roth.and Gooleg. 6 p Shrows.&Her S. Staffordsh. 1 Wear Valleygr 6 per (bent_ Do 11 Wilts&Clorarst PREFE Aberdeen.. Do. N 0.2, 7 p Do. Debentures illythandTyne IS pel c. pref. (issd.a.t 50/ iris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO . Ches. &Ito. Gn. 6 pc Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Cork &Bandons3p.c Dun.Prth Aber. J. E. Anglian Clo. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do els. C 7 p. c. Kam. Co.Ex, spcNo. Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St East tin., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 161. Dcbentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cont... Fast Lancaik. 6 p.ct., Artir. York. J. sth , Edin. & GI. 5 p.c. sh. Ed. Prth.&Duu.4p.e Furness Glas. & S.W. 0.5 p c Great Northn. 5 p c Do. 5 p. 0. Redeem . at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4 p.e De.s p.c. Scrip, Red. st 5 p. c. pm... Gt. N. of Scot. lst Pre Gt. S. &W. (Ireland Do. 4per 0. Prtf. Gt. W.(13. kl.l.Exspc Do. con. red. 43 p.c. Ds. eon. red. 4 p. c. Do. irrod. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. rod. prof Do. do. do. Do. firm. Pref. 3h Do. Chester 8 p. c. De. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do. Do. do. de Lan. &York. F. £2 , Do. 6 p. o. Stock Don. &..Brigh. G.5p.0. Do. Prof., 5 p. e. Do. New Guar.° p. e. Do. do. 5 per oeut . Lon. &N. W., Coy. A Nuneaton 5 p. et Lon. & S.W. 7 per et Londy. & Color. 3 Sh. Londy. & Ennis., 81, L.,Now,IC/ Do. £6 Warypt.&CarL4p Do. 4. per cent. Do.. WO I Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 no. Con.Br.l3'r. p( 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. S all Do. Pref. 41 per co; all Do. si. Pr,:f. 4 p. c. . 100 Ditto L.& H. Pref. S t New., Alm-. &c., pr. I sp. C. red. 5 p. c. pm. all Norfolk Debenture 100 Do. Pref. 4p.c. St ck 100 Do. 5 p.c. Eat 100 De. 5i per ct. pref WO IDo.Way. Val. 5 p. c 100 North British 100 N Berw 4 p N. • • • , Do. do. do - - Do Leods6p.o.No. , Do. do. Quarters ... 'Do. York EL& C. Per North Staffordsiiire. 1 ,0x,W0.kW.1.5/ ip(' Do R. Pref. 101. Sh. Boot. Cent.,New Pre . !South Devon. Do. fixed,4i per cen! . Eastern (Rodin( Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p e eh. IS. Wales (Ina. 4 p. o. iDo. do. ili p. 0.... S.Yorksh.4p.e.Gnar. s't.ock.& Dar. , 5 p. c. iDo. do. do 'Stock. k Ifartl. g. h 1 P.O. till July 1, 'SF ;Wat.irtd.&liilk.6pci Eit.i St. \ St. 25 I6i 13 20 16- 100 100 100 1100 1 100 1.00 32j i 1 - l 2 - not by any means exaggerating when we are so speaking of the audacity of the singular volume here submitted to our scrutiny—witness the truth of what we declard in its regard, those astonishing chapters relating to Herlay Astrology, to Mundane Astrology, to Atmospherical AStr o l ogy , an d to Medical 'strolegy, to Planetary Influences, and to Genethlialogy ! Chapters explanatory, according to the all-believing astrologers, of how, in regard to the pl ane t s, the influences of Herschel, and of Saturn, and of Mars, are all evil, while those of Jupiter, and Venus, and Mercury, are all more or less advantageous, if not actually benefic ! Inform ing us how, in regard to the signs of the Zodiac, one born iu Aries will have dark eyebrows, and one in Taurus a broad hand, and one in Gemini black hair—(o Gemini !)—and one in Cancer, a pale face, and one in. Leo a firm. step, and one in Virgo a weak voice, and one in Libra eyes blue and beautiful, and one in Scorpio a thick neck, and one in Sagittarius a ruddy complexion, and one in Capricornus a long chin, and one in Aquarius a comely person, and one in Pisces round shoulders—truly very wonderful morsels of infor mation ! Inducting us, moreover, most good naturedly into the mysteries of trine, and square, and sextile, and conjuuction, and opposition. 0! the wonderful book that it is—even the clear sighted sceptics of household Words must allow, the sceptics who visit so unmercifully with their unbelief; and their hard-headed common sense, and their hard-fisted ridicule, the astrological sooth sayers of our own in -credulous, all-credulous gene ration. A generation in which steam-engines are contemporary with spirit rappers, and electric tele graphs with table-turning—an age in which sound astronomical knowledge is sold for a few copper coins, and in which, every year, Zadkisl's sixpenny Astrological Almanac circulates .te. the number of some thirty or forty thousand ! Wonderful, we say, the book before us unques tionably is—as the age in which it makes its ap pearance is wonderful too iu its incongruous way—a book laying bare to the public eye the twelve houses in the famous figure of the heavens conned, cen tury after century, by astrologer after astrologer. With the fruits of their conning (or, as it may be otherwise termed, cunning), visible in so many marvellous revelations. Running through angles, catlesits, and succeedents, we find the twelve mysterious houses influencing respectively-1, per sons, health, and constitution ; 2, property ; 3, short journeys ; 4, lands, houses, and inheritances; 5, pleasures and amusements ; 6, bodily affections ; 7, marriage ; 8, death ; 9, distant voyages ; 10, trade, profession, or employment ; 11, friends ; 12, private enemies. Enlightened with these lambent gleams of knowledge, the student in astrology may apprehend readily enough how it conies to pass that " The Figure of Birth" is thus indicated. A circle being drawn to represent the heavens, within this another circle to represent the earth—a straight line through the outer circle to represent the horizon—E. signifying the east, where the sun. rises, and W. the west, where it sets—another line being drawn to repre sent the meridian, at right angles with the first line marking the horizon—S. the eouthovhere the sun is at noon, N. the north, where the suit" . .*at midnight—the four points being the angles or crosses where the 1,4, 7, and 10 houses commence —each of the four quadrants being then divided into three spaces by oblique ascensionand thus the twelve houses being completed A little more, in the way of these mystic inklings of the Ptolemaic lore, and the novice soon begins to fancy himself becoming a proficient in the mysteries of the awful science of astrology. And so the, reader . _ carries on his eccentric researches aided by the fitful light vouchsafed to him by our erudite and facetious author—dazed, bewildered, astounded by his won drous volubility about magic crystals and animal magnetism, about sympathies and antipathies, and " Vanity Fair" and the " Corsican Brothers," and Mr. Boswell and the Emperor Napoleon, and the Times among morning newspapers, and Me Sltn among evening newspapers, about fires and wrecks, and the cholera and drunkenness—" every thing by turns and nothinc , long "—flitting before the dazzled gaze of the reader as in the medley of a wild and 'wildering phantasmagoria. Strangest token of the variety jumbled together in these fan- tactic pages, we find the anonymous sage quoting in a footnote, now Ptolemy's mEyaXii Evvr4tc, now . _ Reynolds's .ffewspaper, now the Punaly and now the Tetrabiblos or Quadripartite! Qua- vering down from the wisdoni of Anaximander and Anaxagoras to the predictions of Raphael and Zad kiel, and the vagaries of Master Gussy and Dr. Porcupine ! A wonderful book we reiterate this " Plea for Urania " to be beyond all manner of question—a book seriously insisting upon the int policy of the law which is supposed to prohibit the practice of astral science in the present age —en forcing its argument by the strangest mixture of trifling and philosophy: Russia : its Rise and Progress. By the Rev. T. Milner : MA. Longman. This is one of the many histories of the Russian empire that the events cif the last few years has called forth. It does not present any very original features, but it is written in a clear and concise style. Tho author asserts that he has endeavoured to preserve the thread of his history unbroken, emitting wkat is unimportant er uninteresting, and dwelling only on leading incidents, so as to give a definite view of- thegeneral fortunes of the empire and of the more remarkable chapters. 'To those unacquainted with the features of Russian history this volume offers considerable advantages, as it does not confuse the reader's mind with a long list of unknown names and events. It sim plifies the early history, which is generally so per plexing,, an.' introduces the reader at once to a more modern period. The type is excellent, and the whole appearance of the work coincides with its claims as a standard volume of historical refer• ence. The author proposes to notice the reign Of the late Czar, that eventful epoch in Russian his tory, and to complete a general view of the policy and prospects of ,Russia in a second and subie quent volume. Lessons in General Knowledge. By R. J. Mann, M.D., F.R.A.S. Longman. This is a very useful and practical little work, admirably adapted to the purpose for which it is designed. They are intended to farm a simple in troductiou to the principles of science, as well as to be reading lessons to familiarise the pupil with the use and meaning of words. They treat of the for mation and movement of the earth, animal and. ve3etable life, scientific biography; &c. We doubt, however, whether they will be comprehensible to children of seven, as the preface anticipates. This will not he a very material drawback, as few chil dren of that ago aro sufficiently advanced to com mence so many different departments of learning. To older and more intelligent pupils, however, it offers every facility, and may especially be com mended to the attention of teachers, as it smooths the first steps in the acquisition of scientific infer matiOn by presenting them in clear and simple phraseology. The Year Book of Facts in Science and Art. By John Timbs, F.S.A. David Bogue, Fleet- street. A valuable handbook, exhibiting the most im portant discoveries and improvements of the past year in mechanics and the useful arts, natural philosophy, electricity, chemistry, zoology a n d botany, geology and ge ography, meteorology and, astronomy. An engraved portrait of Sir Roderick Impoy Murchison, D.C.L., M.A., F.R.S., Director of the School of Science applied to Mining and the Arts, fronts the title-page, and will be wel comed by the admirers of the learned knight. The Year Book " is one that should be in the hands of every intelligent individual. Here and There ll i a n na P D or a t i u d g y a . l. By Hugh Owen. A readable book, offering a fund of entertain ment and instruction to all parties interested in the past and present condition of Portugal. The writer is a close observer, and what he has seen has the ability to .set down in a manner sufficiently graphic to command attention. His tour, though of a desultory nature, appears to have been suffi ciently comprehensive to enable him to furnish the materials for forming a pretty accurate notion of the habits, manners, and customs of the people, as well as the general characteristics of the land of the olive and the vine. Numerous anecdotes enliven the work, the value of which is further enhanced by a number of illustrations, by eminent artists, from photographic pictures by the author. EA Thelesseeof thi i : pr T et H tyl T it ßl tle Ca t r ea A theatre W H re dulliTnEgtAhVeßll.t week afforded h patrons an opportunity of witnessing the perforaaances of Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Vezin. The impression highly made by Mr. Vezin b y his ff . e ectve rendering of the character of the cardinal in Sir E. B. Lytton's p i" i diaeu s thee yir t vpi tine r. t of "Richelieu" was immense—certainly nothin g equal to it has term i na tion of the play he received a compl e t e ova ti on . The local ever beenseen ocalp papers ers spea speak at in the e theatre e a tbefore terms ; of and a an e tr ff a o g r ed p w ar h e i d ch w t i b th ey t d ba es t ig o n f a t t h e as e great ready. They also pay the same compli men t t o th e grea t ability of Mrs. Vezin, the princip a l c h arac t ers repre sented by her being Miami in B u e ss t one 's " Green tofo per formance, compared Bushes," and Pauline in the " Lady of Lyons." The engagement of these artistes has really proved a prize to the lessee. _ • _ The terms of the Royal charter to be granted to the Ottoman Ea&lc will, it i s un d ers t oo d, b e precieelY ant: ,at to those of the charter of the BSA of Egypt. the heir the the ster ited oUO 'Up in d of , pt. 4 . eic er3, reel the 15 ,po cid- the rp- in ut, ih st, i st ks ut et rn ►ts 100 `423 1 100 1.00 100 3i 100 100 211 15 100 100 31 11,1 163; PO 22 17i all all 1 All 3 oill all