The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-07 00:00:00

IMPPlL_______ _ ___ ___ _ ____ • - • THE S LONDON ,UN, 1110N.E Y MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY). BRITISH POSSESSIONS. -4,- -4.• ci , Closing a• CITY, Two o'CLocx. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 5 Railways. Paid. Cl Price. Business d, • ALTERATION IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. • 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 55 60 A reduction of 1- per cent. has been made to-day Share Railways. red. ( Closing Business stk f Bom.,BarodaSaCentLud /00 994 100 200 Price. done. ( Gu. 5 per cent.. .... . in the minimum rate of discount at the Bank of , 18 Do Do. B all - - d • 50 Belfast and Nor. Coun all - - 13 . 11 Bristol rjoi ir ys tts.2o4 Battik. andLaxe Huron all 41 41 d England, the quotation having been adjusted at 3 , tho mi ll an o en i cal?, and rxynde s sz • t i r rd .. v . L. 7. 01.. .• Iv all 954 71 96 8 204 Do. New - 10 68 pa D .ff o calo P ,b r ßd e r f sa n e . r A ri gG. 01 . ,d . Ivi . 8a . 713 . 2 all 54 64 per cent. This alteration has created no surprise, as it was fully expected, owing to the abundance of money, and the low terms upon which it has been st(s) st Caledonianarthen &Cardio•an obtained in the general discount market. As first- ,g Cork, and Bandon class bills can be negotiated at 2-1 per cent., it is doubtful whether the directors will derive any im- 2 0 Cornwall 10 Do. A la s t Ol l Ol l - - 5 all k, Blrock, & Passage all i all 1 6 1 A gets no div a ll - till 6 c. an.has 10 Do. B f P P 1 all mediate benefit from the change they have just been paid to B. made, but in the existing position of affairs a con tinuance of their previous regulations would have been inconsistent with the policy they usually 50 Dublin & Belfast all -• • 41 42 25 D p Junc . all 101 11 un., erth,&Ab. June at Ea stern at R, Counties 1_ 0 7 55 1 6_7 054 104 100 19 191 191 4 100 541 551 54 4 5 1 st Eastern Union, A stock 100 47 49 st Do do Bdo ; 00 33 35 too i 100 70 75 100 Do. do. July 1, 18;3 100 65 70 1 67 100 Do. do. June 1, 18;4 100 65 70 5 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin all , 5 a 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. 2s. - - 20 ,Cape Town & Dock Sett 13 4 id 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 71 - - 171 'Demerara . all - - 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. ( all 194 20(1 stock East Indian, gu. 5 r •. , 100 102 j 1034 103 1 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... all - - 20 Do. Jubbuloore all - - 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs all 90 101 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864_ all 100 101 100 Do. 1865-1870 all 100 100 1001 adopt. • 25 DoNw A, late EII ads 13 4 - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 195 20 19; 201 In the bullion department of the Bank of Eng- st East Suffolk - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 60 62 61 604 60 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. all 50 53 at E F. d d in inh , u p r e g v h th & . ,t Gl p a un sgo d w ee . 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 9 ° 4 3 9 0 1 4 30 land there were no transactions of importance. 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 34 36 34 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 40 43 The City of Manchester, which left yesterday for a l ? r sar or n th es & a Clyde Junction all - 100 - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 32 34 New York, took out only £l,OOO in specie. et Glues and S. Western. 100 104 106 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 32 34 % 10 GreatNrthp.of Scotland all - - stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. 100 994 100# 100 i A circular has been issued by the directors of the 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 10 1a 1 at Great Northern....... lO OlOO 108 111 109112 1114 11 et Do A stockstock Gt. Soutleof India (Lim' Oriental and General Marine Insurance Company, at Do Bdo 20 Do. do. all stating that a sufficient amount of capital not hay- st Gt. W. of Ireland 1 00 00 1 7 0 0 3 4 1 7 0 0 5 4 704 st Great Western ing been subscrib-A, they are unable to apply for a at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 55 58 204 Do. New 12 Irish South Eastern ~ all - - 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt all 96 100 settlement. st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1054 106 1051 65/ 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 89 92 There was a considerable increase in the demand st London and Blackwell 100 57 59 st Lon., Bright S. Coast 100 116 118 100 Do. 5I p. c. do. '7B do all - - stock Madras guar., 44 p. c lOO 90 92 for cotton in the Liverpool Cotton Market yester- st Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 47 49 47 14 8 stock Do. do. 5 per cent . at Lon. & North Western 100 91 914 915 * # stock Do. 41 p. 0. Extension 100 92 94 921 day, and prices were firm. The sales were 16,000 at L on . & S ou th W es t ern 100 93 94 935 4 3 / 20 Do. 5 do all -- , hale, J. , 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all - 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 10 11 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Beds. 100 - - 20 Newßrunswick &Can& The Market for American Securities during the et Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 46 47 464 6 I Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 4 6 5(1 Maryport and Carlisle, all - - 124 Do * shares _ Class A Capital Share P ast week has shown increased depression. The all - - .. Do. do. Land d 0........ following remarks are from the circular of Mr. E. 10 Metropolitan 74 5 6 54 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. .„ 3 5 st Midiend ' all 124 1281 1281 1 1 # i .. Do. do. Land d 0....... -" P. Satteithwaite :-" Since our last we have had a 6.4.0 Do New - Oude (Limited) ........ - - stock Scinde .......... 4.4 100 102 103 103 50 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland dull market for American Securities in London, and at Do Binning. & Derby all - -- 100 100 10•2 20 Do. Punjaub .... ,s 3, s 9 15 Id 1 ..1 141 the, tone. at the last shows no symptoms of improve- 25 Do. 4 shares - - 20 Do. Do. ........ ce c? all - -.1 25 Mid Kent men t. The correspondence between our Amblissa- 10 Do Cray Line - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ag. 100 97 99 all - - 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 I # d dor and Mr. Seward has caused an uneasy feeling, 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all -- • - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Newry & Armagh, def. 0 8 6 d and in the present state of uncertainty heavy 20 Newry, Wampt, &Ros. all - - 20 Algerian - - holllers prefer to realise." at Norfolk lOO 62 64 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 61 64 ,61 st North British - -p C)win gto the change announced in the minimum st Nor.Dev.Rancuak.stoek 100 - - 20 Bah.deS.FranaLim.7 p.c. 134 4 Ipr 14l 17 at Do A stk ; A Tees no d 5 Belgian East. Junction all f / of the discount quotations, a proportionate reduc- till 6 pc. has been pdß 100 - - 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all - - tion has been made in the allowance of interest for at Do B stock lOO - - Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 91 104 at Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 1004 1011 101 1 0 0 Copiapo - .............. all - - delpoffits. The joint-stock banks now offer only 2 10 2 ssa NDoDD Di h , nyLaw G l,olo .N kdna . d E o . n. purchase 16.13.4 1d p ,10 Ditto Extension .... all 431 100 571 584 58 7; 20 Dutch Rhenish l6 pr 1p 16 4 Per cent., while the private firms will give 2 per cent. 100 91 98 20 Grand Rus Guar. 6p. c. all - - fur 'money on demand, and 21 per cent at 7 days notice.s - - 20 Do. do. all - - 7'he market for Public Securities to-day has been 19.16.4 North Staffordshire - - 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 101 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. ohs... all 904 9 1 very buoyant, owing to the rise which took place at Not. Gran. El. Ar'Canst 100 90 91 901 20 Italian Junction ..... all - - on the Paris Bourse yesterday, and the reduction 10 Peeb'es all - - 20 Lierre & Turnhou t .... all - - 20 Portsmouth - - 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all - - in tthe minimum rate of discount at the Bank of to Rhymney - - 100 120 122 20 Namur & Liege .... .... all 8 41 at Scottish Central En gland. Several speculative purchases having been at Scot . N. .E., • Aber. stock 100 38 39 16 Northern of France.... all 88 39 made. Consols advanced 931 / for transfer, and at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 95 97 • 16 Do. New Shares _-.. 15 - - 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all - - 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 81 94 81 to 931 1 for the 6th prox., since then, however, a at Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all - - 20 Parts & 0r1e an5 ........ a ll 52 14 further improvement of 1 * per cent. has taken place, st South Devon lOO 37 39 20 f Recife &S. Fran. (Pena) the latest quotations being 931 1 with demand for 25 S. Durham & Lanc.Un all - - 1 gua. 7_p. et. lim. . l7 34 3 d , at South Eastern lOO 7 5 4 7 6 7514 2 0 Riga & Dunaburg...... 18.8. - - money, and 921 lex div. for account. The New at South Wales - - Th.rees are firm at 918 1 ; the Reduced at 911 1 ; st S. York and River Duns Royal Swedish ........ all -- . LO 94 95 20 Staines, Wok a an dWok. all 5 6 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - • Exchequer Bills, March, are at ss. • rem , ditt o , 25 Stockton & Darlington all 3 74 384 3 8 20 Sambre & Meuse . .... all 6i 81 13 74 84 p 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 84 9 In cie, 17s. to 20 5., being steady. Bank. Stock is 25 Do New, 1860 5 56 p 20 San Paulo, Um, g. 7p. c. 4 4 i 5; 1 fiat at 2291 and 230; India.ditto firm at 226; and st Taff Vale.. - - 20 S.Aust Lomb Venetin 16 14 11 17 st Do Pref. No. 1 - - 26 Southern ol France.. - all 25 26,, ' div; to 5 per Cents. improved to 105/ 1-. 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 - - 20 S. East Po trial 7 p et. 4 -- - 50 Ulster Very little alteration has taken place in Foreign 25 D o 2O 24 34 10 Do. 514. C. ' eferenee- all 9/ 104 S ecurities, but a fair amount of business has been 12.10 Do 5l 1d 1p 20 W. & a .W. of France - all 204 214 st Vale of Neath - - recorded. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791; ditto, 10 Victoria sta. and Pim all 124 13 20 Western of Switzerland all - - at Waterford & Kilkenny' 1 00 - - 18 58, fiat, at 671 ; and ditto £lOO Bonds remain at 50 Waterford & Limerick. all - - 6 Wiesbaden ...... ...... all - - 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref.... all - - ia ; Mexican at 271, 28 ; and Spanish at 50; ditto 20 West Cornwall all 51 64 20 Zealand ' all - - - „ 20 West London - - BRITISH MINES. ' Passive have improved to 171 ; and ditto Certi- 10 Do rat class. - - 20 Do 2d class all - - -- British ( Alfred ConsolsPhilaek) 3.2.14 # i ficates to 61-, 1 Venezuelan are steady at 221 ; but st W. Hartlepool Har.&R. 100 - 20 British Iron 16 1 2 Italian are heavy at 67 f . at West Midland Oxford 100 48 60 - Clifford nil 27 32 at • Do Newport 100 46 48 - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ; 1 365 875 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up at Do Hereford, 100 88 90 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 67 72 - East Caradon ._ .. to this day, aro in round figures as under :- LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 24 3- 1861. 1860. - 0 am.&StAubyn(Gwen.) 541 11 13 - Great Smith Tolgus... • 17a 44 5 I I Great West ern ..£47,111 £ 46,477 L eas i ng Cl os i ng B usiness - G.Wheal Alf d. (Philack; - - N orth-Weetern S outh-Western - Grenville - - 6.8.6 14 11 Brighton 18,910 19,357 Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.,SN.W _ „ . - Herod's- F00t........... 8.12 321 .3:44 Midland - Hingston Downs 4.11.6 4 44 41 -' Lady Bertha So Bl an d 20,406 22,701 Buckinghamshire.... 100 Do. '94 96 - Margaret (tiny Lelanta 9; 40 42 ?Nat Noiahern 29,730 27,531 Chester & Holyhead.. 1 00 Do. 53 54 - N ort h D owns 24 44 4; suaeashire find • Yorkshire 6,170 6,179 Do. 5 ~ 1 00 Do. - North Frances (Illogan; 114 24 34 11l 113 Bristol and Exeter - N.Wh'l Baseet(Illo aan) 1.14.0 31 I} North-Eastern .. CI desdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all EU&E C 15 4 1 6 4 - North Wheal Crotty .. 9.18.9 1* 11 38 756 40 , 895 - Par Consols (St. Blazes') 14 71 84 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North British 6,768 6,4 f 6 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 441 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 ; Great Southern and Western of I re l an d 8 , 546 8 , 178 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 .. .. .. - South Caradon(StCleer) 14 290 100 Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,900 6,377 Gls•Bart&Nells.DrA * . 100 Caledon.. -• • • -S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. 5.9.0 41 41 Glasgow and South-Western • 8,319 8,113 Do. new -.. • . • • • • Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. !! : - &Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1a.S 1(0 105 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all a 4 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada These returns are, in some instances, of a rather Do . q uarters • Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 197 200 199 74 - Vale of Towey (Carm ) 13s 6d 1 4 more favourable character, although a falling off is London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 60 62 - West Basset (Illogan) ll 144 151 Do. Preference atoll observable in the lines t raver sing the menu- Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 Peto & Co. 84 86 - - West Seton , ......... 471 290 300 295 300 f licturing districts, owing to the partial suspension Lowestoft gua. 4 p a.. 100 Norfolk - Wheal Basee . t . (Illogan) 51 80 85 Do 6 per cent lOO Do. - Wheat Baller(Redruth) 5 75 85 of business operati ons. O n th e North• Western Mne ~Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 34 31 - Winn' Edward (Cals.) 74 11 2 there is a decrease of £1,528 , the B • htof Mid. Bradford Prefer- .- Wheal Kitty (U.Lelani 1.7.2 5 6 •on rig on ence stock - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 134 144 4;1447 ;on the South-Eastern of £ 2,295 ;on the Newmarkt, BuryEx 15.5. 6. E Counts. par 4 p per eent. - - Wheat Tremerney (Lis. 7 144 151 Lancashire and Yorkshire of £1,781 ; and on the Nntrt s ..tEastn. sp. e. all Do. North-Eastern of £2,139. The Great Western Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. ..* 1* Do. Fixed sp. c..., all Do,_ shows, an increase of 1634 ; the South-Western of N. Eastn- Hartlepool 140 N. E. Ber .. • • 1 I Bon Accord Copper, L im. 17.41 1 a itCl £1,026 ; the Midland of .£1,061 ; the Great North Western all Midlard ?51 16; Preston and Wyre all L&N ' W I 20 Brazil St.J. del Rey,Lim 15 49 50 504 491 50 5 Do. Land and Miningeo. all 11 2 Northern of £2,199; the Edinburgh and Glasgow of • I & L. Yk • •. .* 1 Clarendon Cons.aiinCo. ; - dis. Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. .. 40 Cobre Copper all 34 36 £523; the Grand Trunk of Canada of £3,182'; and Roystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 131 133 - Copiapo l6 6 8 ShrewsbY & Hereford 100 T Brassey 120 125 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co ail 1 14 the Great Western of Canada of £712. Do. Do. i South Staffordshire .. 100 Ln. iN.W .. 20 General all 23 24 . The operations in the Railway Share Market. Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 90 92 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 5 1 p 14 i to-day were of a very limited character. A slight Wimbledn & C roy d o. all L.&Brgtn 81 94 ll Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 1 4 1 4 p all 7 8 improvement, however, was apparent in the rates PREFERENCE SHARES. 5 Lusitanian 2 1 pr 1 Mariquita all 4 5 realised for several of the principal lines. Eastern 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 1 # 4d Share/ Railways. I p aid. ' Closing Business 20 Pontgiband Silver,Les.d counties advanced s s. ; Great Northern, 10 s., and Prices. Done. Mining and Smelt alt 2 4 Midlands, 15s. Great Western have declined 55.; 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. pr ita Lancashire and Yorkshire, 55,, and South Eastern, 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. . 5 83.2.81' United Mexican , 6s. ,_ pref. issued at £5 .... all - - at Bris. & Exet 4p. c. st.. 100 - -- 93 1 Worthing (Limited) all 1 Do. - - The Foreign and Colonial lines remained without 20 Do. shares - - at Caledon. £lO, 44 p. cen • 100 100 102 102 14 nay material variation. Great Luxembourg, Grand at, Do. quar. shares, No. 2 100 - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. to Cork & Bandon, 54 p. C . ell - - Trunk of Canada, and Great Indian Peninsula re- - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.J a. &July . • Ceded about Ito 1 . Z . u , ComwalL 5 percent all 201 ' 214 - 1877-9 .. 100 1(8 113 1084 0i 8 un.Perth, StAber•Jun. all 55 61 10a Do. Ist Class Pref l a o ll o 1 - 00 1 - 02 - Do 6p. centlBBo-2 100 - - For joint-stock bank and miscellaneous shares - Do. 6p. centl::3-4 100 - - ' 1114 101 a' E. Angn. Class Asp. C . - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 107 109 the inquiries were o f th e mos t li m it e d c h arac t er. q Do. Class B 6 per cent lOO 1 10 1 15 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 107 109 8 ,. Do. Class C 7 per cent lOO 106 110 1081 ' - Do. 5 per cent lOO 1 01 102 1011 1 4 London and W es t m i ns t er d ec li ne d ss. , London and a t E. Conn. Ex. 5 p.c. No.l 100 107 109 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1880 1 00 106 10 8 C ounty improved 10s. Canada Land brought 106; et Do No 2 100 106 108 Do. 1890 10 0 1 0 7 108 at Do. new 6p.c. at * 100 123 125 at Do. sp. c. guar - N.B.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja. &July 100 1 0 8 109 1084 Crystal Pala ce St oc k , 35 to 351; an d S out h Aus- st Eastern Union, 4p. c- 100 6 0 82 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct , . 100 - - 100 - - - N. S.W. G OV. sp. c., 1866 100 98 100 tralian Land, 331 to 334. The shares of the Roodee st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 110 112 Do. S P. e.,1871 to 1876 100 98 99 - Iron Ship•building Company were nominally at Do, 4p e. asuar. S& fa 100 89 91 _-- Nova Scotia at Edin.Pertia& litin.4 p..t . 100 79 81 quoted -,1,-, to I prem. st Furness, 5 per cent... 100 - - SPetilaBBBGot.u6Ppw.dag 100 984 994 sterling, 1875.. . ..... 100 1085 1091 st Mts.& S.West. gu. 5 p. c . 100 - - - S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.1 up.. 100 - - - 108 9 --- • et Great Northern, sp. c lOO 114 116 - VULG . ov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July, 100 - - BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c pm lOO 110 112 - Do. do. 6 pm. Ap.drOct....l 100 1041 105 1044 4 1 Bank Stock Z per Cent. Reduced Annuities et Do.sp.e.Redre.atsp.e.pm 1 00 107 109 DOCKS. 911 15 # 10 Gt . Nh . o f Scot rat pref. all - - 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 915 44is 5 4 per cent lOO 97 99 stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min. 100 - I stock East and West India .. 100 123 125 124 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. - lc° Great West. (Berke and stock London lOO 63 65 64 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 15 9-16 Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 - - stock St. Katharine. lOO 63 65 64 1 4 India Stock - at Do. redeem. 4p. et.... 10 0 87 89 Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 - at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 101 103 20 Do, New . - Aso, 2 11 1 d Ditto 1859 1 Consols for Acc oun t, D ec . 5. 92 1/ 21 x d 1 0 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. abs all 16 174 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all 104 104 190 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 85 t 7 f March. June. 40 Australasia. I all 59 61 1801 50 Exchequer Bills, £1,000,-2d.... spm 17 20 „ at Do. Birm. guar. stock.. 100 74 76 all .20 201 25 Bank of Egypt all 201 211 Ditto £ SOO a l a Do. do all 10 101 100 IBank of London ....... 50 81 61 Ditto Small l7 20 •‘" Do. do all 15 154 20 Bank of Turkey 3 4 pr 100 60 - - 50 British North American all to sr. Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref. FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. at Lan. & York. a p.e. stock 100 1 35 137 20 IChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 191 WI Brazilian, 5 per Cent . . st Do.Barnsl.st£s2s 10d se 100 - - 25 j Ch. Mer. of In. Lore& Ch. all 31 S 3 , . • Ditto 41 per Cent, 1852 , Do. 6p. C. (East Lan.).. 100 - - 100 !City 100 Colonial . 25 38 40 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent al , Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. per. 100 - - 101 Ditto Deferred - - , 100 Commercial of London . 20 - - a ' Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 100 112 115 ( Milian 6 per Cent2o Eng., Scot, & Aua. Ch.. all 161 171 8 1 Do . 6 per cent d 0....... 100 136 138 Ditto 45 per Cent. ' 85 4 at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 115 20 Gen.Bk .of Switzerland all - - Equado r New Consolidated Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account - - 20 Do. new lO 3 34 50 London and County 28 7a 871 I e a t Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 100 150 155 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 321 331 a! Do. 8 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 127 130 Portugu ese 3 Ditto per Cent., 1853 = 11: Do. 4 p c.st.(div.deLliP6s 100 73 75 Portuguese 3 per Cent o New Deferred I.;itto Account ' - 8. Lon.ChatatDov. sp.c.p . f. 100 94 96 95 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 - 42 .. , 10 Do. West. Ex., B, 6p. c. all 45 Pm 20 Do. new - .•.• a•• 12 - - DittopaahPCaerstiveef Coup. not funded Turkish N 6 &el - L ee/it. 174 i 10 no . . ' Mtr. Ex. ts, n p.c. 31 4 die par a t Lon &S. W., Coy. & " 50 National Bank ........ 25 - - S2O New South Wales...-. all - - 364 65 46 1 Nuneaton, 5 per cert. 100 111 113 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 49 1,0 411 D tto - at Lou. & S.West. 7p. cent. 20 Ottoman Bank ... ...... ell 161 176 Ditto Ace° n oan 674 s st, late 3d shares .. _ 100 - 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 - - Venezuelan 3 Ditto L100 11 13 t ,,,, A -C-aent .... - - Ditto DA:eveioduneZe ; .................... 70 48 UU Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns. 124 of 2s 6d - - 25 South Australia . 5 ... all - - 25 Union of Australia - - all 38 39 891 - Londondy. &Cole. 4 ahs all 50 Union o` London 224 2 5 12 5 ~ r.ondony. & Ennis.l she all 134 14 131 100 Unity Mutual.. ...... - - Dutch 25 per c ent , n .,1 11 e above payable in London. ',‘ Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per et. 100 124 126 2 1 1 0 00 Atlantic TB:or.lii3o,pvv.o.Rat.ti MISCELLANEOUS. A n g 1 o - M e s rieerairs: (Limited) t( t ie . dd . ) : , all aaalil 111 11 1 58 5 2 1 520 6 5 151 1 Ditto Oertificatc,s, .4 " c• n x ellange 12 Gull. .. 644 0, Do. a .. Italian, 5 per Cent.os e a r i Cent •• • • ...... 994 B ,. ‘ b Do. 31 per cent. ... . ... 100 65 70 : C . d ll . a( 1 1i m. Land Tel. ite d. A .) :A. . ( Lima).:..... a 1 1 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent- . 5 I fpm .............. 674 5 1 2 1 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all _ .. 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 1 all - - Consols, Money . .. THREE O'CLOCK. 12 Do, 41 per cent ........ all „ •„ 25 Australian Agricultural 19 27 29 : Ditto Account:D e ' c ' . ........ 931 4- with div. at Midland Con. 6p c. stk. 100 _:: .. 5 ' . ........ 92 ex div. 50 British American Land 40 - - St . Do.Con.Bris.& Bin 6 p.c. 100 186 138 137 8 atz Do. 4' p. c. pref. stock_ 100 101 103 1014 THB PRICE oz ,-------- B i. Do. 44 per cent : 3 : 21 C Dl3 :n . - r GOLD at Do.Leic. andllit4per et. 100 g 2 94 1311 i l 911 at Nortik. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 .. .. 10 Chan.lslands Tel. L . " . ' 106 109 106 29 32 int all The quotation of gold at Paris i et Do. 55 p. e. Pref. at. 100 1847 100 _ .. at. Cop.Min.ofEng.& nate' all - - s about 2 and the short exchange on London is 2 Per mule prem., et" Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBi7 100 109 tii. 25 Do. Pref. 71 per Cent. :". ll --- 5 30 at. Crystal Palace ..... . l a oo 8 5 15 17 On comparing these rates with the E n ,..„:, Per £1 sterling. at Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 107 109 at. Do. Preference .. _ .... 175. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it Price of £3 , Do. New xi she. 5 1 liPm at. Do. 6 p et. Per et. Deb. 100 1 0 6 1( 8 aPPears that " Do. Bor. tin. g. p • •1 105 108 about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than i iat gold is 1 ° De. * do. do. all .. .. 20 E. Indialrrign. & Canal Paris By advices from Hamburg the price of gold 4 11 • at Nth.Dvn.llo.ll.&Dek.CO. st. Electric. Telegrap h •• • • 100 pr ip 115 98 96 1 is9 i Per 100 . • • • 25 Do. New .... . ....... 15 and the short exchange on London is 13.71 per •e. mark, at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. _ 5 English & Aes. Co pper. all - 1 stern at Do 44 rct redeemable 100 90 9z - Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore , ag' et Do. ' G.N. * f 100 99 101 15 Gen. Steam Navigati in 14 31 3/ about 17 G. N. E. 4p. ct. pre . • 1 Great Ship Limited)... a ll 4. --; a 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. 20 Do. Berwick 4p. 43. pref. 100 98 100 1 Do. 171 pet Preference all : a / I The course of exchange at New York on London for bill Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 8. 13. 416 dis par - 5 Lou. District TeL (Lim.) 44 / 8 at 12/ 60 days' sight Is 107 1 to 1074 per cent., which, when compared 25 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 1 3 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all . 1,. i s mpared st Do. York, li. &S. Purch. 9 .. .. 20 nadraslrr. and Canal.. 1 I t 2 'with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the 2 ., a u Nor * th Staffordshire.... 10 Idle }pm 10 Sled. Exten. TeL (Lim.l , all' exchange is against England. But, after making allowance 84 Rhymney Guaranteed.. all 22 23 4 44 41 25 National Die. Co. (Lim.) 5 ; s d for loss of interest and charges of transport, the pr esent 8 Sftottisii Central, new pf all • • • • 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 15 ''i e price leaves no profit on sendin,gfold to the United States, Scottish North-Eastern 10 Netherlands Land all at 34 p. e. pref. stock.... all .. .. 5 90.8 p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. all - - 1 ; at Do.Aberdeengua.sp c 100 .. .. 100 N'.l3a&NovaSeotiaLand 81 7 12 10s. Do. 7 / a. c, pref. stock 100 .. • • 1 N.B.Australaslan (Lim.) all 511 A FRENCH BOAR,-For many years a wild boar io South Devon, Ann, 10s. 100 132 136 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all la 1?, 0 6 De• Fixed 44 per cent all 10 101 of large size did great damage in the woods of Cheverny, 1. • • Smut' E 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 14 it te • all as rn(heading Loir- et-Cher, and all attempts to kill it had not only failed a. Ann., 1.0 0) Da. 45 pe st. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 50 bid it had ripped up many of the dogs which attacked it at DO, F. r cent 50 Pert. & Oriental Steam all 6 9 71 at South Fixed 41 per cent 100 100 102 30 11 13 A few days back the Marquis de Vibraye got up a grand a t D o W ales, gun. 4p. C. 100 - .. 50 Do. New • 4 1 Per 2o Red Sea& • • .In Tel g..P.p.c all 18r1 195 ' ball ue in thed ft long chase the boar was at DO. do cent woods, an aer a at 1859 lOO .. .. 50 Rhymney Iron Do. 5 per • shot dead. His weight was 3681b5. st S. Yorkshirrit ........ 10015 Da N ew 60 48 50 48 THE GREAT RUNNING MATCH IN PARIS.-We 2 . 0 Do. a: ,',* , 4 ,,P• e• gua. 100 84 o 6 • 100 Royal Mail Steam Inv.(Lim ) 100 120 140 st. Sent Austin. 25 Stock-& Dar. .„e P ' e " gua' all 27 • • . Lnd all 33 s 5 331 are requested to state that M. Gambiere has paid and Cap- as Do. • al 6 P. ~.• • all z 7 28 271 25 South Australian ( Lan d l a ‘ , Inc Tel. Scrip a 4 8 R t 25 P C... all 32 MW. H. Patton-Saunders receives the half-forfeit (2,5000 Do. cs' . c 33 1 Submar ine _ ed . 'all do. Register ... 4 ~it The st Watrfd & Kilkny, d •• • all 32 33 1 Do. ,all 4 a D o . do extraordinary time in, which the latter gentleman ac- st W. Mid.-Ox I let gmaP•tei 100 45 47 . 10 Ae'ency or complished his two • completelyparalyzed at Do. miles on Saturday 2d do .. a. 100 124 126 10 Trust and „, i 'a (Inn) Ist is. 1 id p 100 119 121 Austriasi the - st Do Newports c f if. P• .tf .re 100 100 102 of Upr.Can. 5 -.- 20 Tr.& Ln • Co . ofUpr.Can. Ln.Co. betting, and M. Gamb'd ' f his friends, :ere, at the a vice 0 at Do. . Perpet 6p. c. pf. 186 61 100 120 - 122 SU. K'dom Tel Co. OW.) 1 id pr de d olare forfeit 3at Pan. on Wednesday. at Do, till 1869 , 118 118 100 in 1)Ic tiall'a livid !Business done Share Railways. Paul, ( Closing ff Price. • _ 50 Belfast and Nor. Con n . all Businessdone. 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. VaL all 74 8 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost,Sleaf.,andMid.Co all 51 64 at Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian lOO 105 1054 105 f 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 C )rs and Bandon - all Cornwall A2O Cork, Blrock, & Passage all 20 all 5 6 10 Do. wall f A gets no div a l l _ 10 Do. B till6p ep an.has all • • been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast Junc. all 41 42 25 Dun•, Perth, &Ab. Junc all 104 11 at East Anglian lOO 19 194 194 4 at R, stern Counties lOO 545 551 54/ 5 I at Eastern Union, A stock 100 47 49 st Do do Bdo . 00 33 35 25 DoNw A, late EIT 3ds 13 a st East Suffolk at Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO 90 91 st Edin., Perth. & Dundee 100 291 304 30 10 Forth & Clyde Junction st Furness 1:0111_04 106 l s o t G ti re las a g tx . a r n thil d S o . t W sc eg l e a ru nd . 100 108 109 at Great Northern ...... .. 100 111 112 1115 11 at Do A stock at Do Bdo at Gt. S. an iW. of Ireland 100 103 105 at Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 55 58 12 Irish South Eastern at Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1054 106 1051 65/ at London and Blackwall 100 57 59 at Lon., Bright,& S. Coast 100 116 118 • st Lon., Chat, and Dover 100 47 49 47 14 8 at Lon. & North Western 100 91 914 91i I 1 at Lon. & South Western 100 93 91 9 35 4 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'eerry & Enniskillen all 10 11 et Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 46 47 461 6 J 50 Maryport and Carlisle, all 124 Do 4 shares all 10 Metropolitan 74 5 6 54 at Midiend ' all 124 1281 1285 14 1 i 6.4.0 Do New at Do Binning. & Derby 100 100 102 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 8 6 d 20 Norfolk lOO 62 64 at North British at Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 at Do A stk ; A•Tees no d till 6 pc. has been pdß 100 at Do B stock lOO at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 loot 1014 101 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 1 d p at Do Leeds lOO 571 681 58 74 at Do York at North London 10 Do new ' 5 1.16.4 North Staffordshire . 174 4f 41 12/ 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 104 lug at Not. Gran. El. &'Canpl 190 90 91 904 10 Peebles all -- 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney at Scottish Central at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 38 39 at Do Scot Mid. stock lOO 95 97 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer, all at South Devon lOO 37 39 25 S. Durham & Lanc. Un all at South Eastern lOO 754 76 751 1 st South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 1 , 0 94 95 20 Staines, Wok.,an dWok. all 5 6 25 Stockton & Darlington all 371 38i 38 25 Do . , l3 74 84p 25 Do New, 1860 5 5 6 p at Taff Vale.. st Do Pref. No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O 24 34 2.10 Do 54 4d ip st Vale of Neath 10 Victoria sta. and Pim all 124 13 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick. all 20 West Cornwall all a 64 20 West London 10 Do lat class. 20 Do 2d class all 3t W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO at West Midland Oxford 100 48 60 at • Do Newport 100 46 48 it Do Hereford, 100 88 90 ' FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 20 Algerian - - 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 61 64 , 61 20 Ardennes ............ - -p 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c l3l 4 ;pr 141 17 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 4 20 Bezters to Graissessac all - - Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 94 104 100 Coplapo - - - ,10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish . ... 16 pr 1p 16 4 20 Eastern of France .... all a 24 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. all - - 20 Do. do. all - - 20 Great Central of France all - - 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she... all 9 Of 9 1 20 Italian Junction ' ..... all - - 20 Lierre it Turnhout .... ' all - - 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all - - 20 Namur & Liege .... all 8 84 20 Do. 6 p. c. Pref......... all 194 204 16 Northern of France..., all 88 39 16 Do. New Shares _-.. 15 - 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 84 94 81 20 Paris, Lyons, & Mediter. all 404 414 20 Parts & 0r1ean5........ all 52 14 20 1 Recife & S. Fran. (Perm) 7,tut. 7_p. ct. lim 20 Riga & Dunaburg 19.8. - - 20 Royal Danish all - - 5 Royal Swedish - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all • 20 Sambre & Meuse . 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref..._ all 8/ 9 20 San Paulo, Bra, g. 7 p. c. 4 4 i 51 1 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 16 11 11 17 26 Southern of Fiance— all 25 26,s 20 S. East Po tri T, al 7 p ct. 4 -- - 84 West Fla, e • .., all 75 74 10 Do. 514. C. ' eference- all 94 101 20 W. &1 .W. of France - all 204 211 23 West'rn of Austria 6 - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - - 6 viriesbaden ...... - - 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref all - - 20 Zealand all - - BRITISH MINES. - 'Alfred Consols(Philack) 3.2.11 4 4 20 British Iron - Clifford nil 27 32 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 365 875 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 67 72 - East Caradon . _ .. - E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 24 3- - 0 am.&SLAubyn(Gwen ) 541 11 13 - Great Smith Tolg - us... 17s 44 5 I I - G.Wheal Alfd.(Philack; - - - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 5 61 - Grenville.,.... 6.8.6 11 11 - Herod's- Foot 8.12 324 33/ - Hingston Downs 4.11.6 4 44 41 -' Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Lelant) 9k 40 12 -North Downs 2l 4 4 44 I - North Frances (Mogan; 114 21 14 - N.Wh'l Base.q(Illo;an) 1.14.0 31 11 - North Wheal Crotty _ 9.18.9 15 11 - Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 74 84 20 Providence(UnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 42 44 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 4 - South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 290 300 - S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.9.0 44 4/ 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all 5 4 - S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.1S8 1(0 105 - Stray Park 261 28 30 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 44 14 1 10 Tin Croft 9 6 6 - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 13s 6d 1 1 - West Basset (Illogan) ll 144 151 - W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 39 41 - West Seton LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. aid. Leasing Closing Business Bailwayi. Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N,W Birkenhead lOO Dn.&G.W 4 4 66 Buckinghamshire lO9 Do. '94 96 Ches ter & Holyhea d lOO Do. 53 54 Do. 54 per cent 100 Do 122 124 123 Do. 5 „ 100 Do, Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E. U.& E. C 15; E. Lincolnsh. g6pr a 100 G %North. 132 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 44 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 .. • • • • Gls•Bart&Neils.Dr.;i. 100 Caledon - • • - Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. Weet. • • • • Hull and ••••elby all Yk.N. Mid 109 111 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 197 200 199 74 Loudon & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 60 62 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 Peto & CO, 84 86 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. • Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 34 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 2 5. 5. 6. E Counts. par 4 p gua. 5 per eent... Northn..tEastn. 5p a. all Do. Do. 8 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber. .. • • North Western all Midlard 10,1 Preston and Wyre. all 11_, N i- vi k r . • • • • Do. .} shares A. all Do. Roystn.liitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 131 133 Shrewsbl & Hereford 100 T Brassey 120 125 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 90 92 Wimbledn & Croydo FOREIGN MINES. 20 (Australian L 711 ct 1 IBonAccord Copper, tm. 17.41 i 20 Brazil St.J. del Rey,Lim 15 49 50 504 49 1 50 5 Do. Land and 111tuingeo. all 11 2 I Clarendon Cons.lilitteo. ; di v. 40 Care Copper all 34 16 Copiapo l6 6 8 1 DurtMoun.Cop.Ming Co all 1 1} 2 Fortuna. 20 General all 23 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 a p 11 1/ Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares all 7 8 I 5 Lusitanian 2 1 pr 1 Mariquim all 1 1 N.RinneCopofS.Aus.L 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Les.d Mining and Smelt aII 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 11 11 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. pr d e3 0 2.81' United Mexican 1 Worthing (Limited) all / Do COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.J a. &July 1877-9 lOO 108 113 1084 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 - - Do. 6p. centl: :3-4 100 ' 1111 10 1 1 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 167 109 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 107 109 Do. 5 per cent lOO 101 102 1011 1 1 -- Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 10. 108 Do. 1890 100 107 108 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 109 1084 Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 98 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 98 99 Do. p.c., 1888 & upvidg 100 981 991 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o sterling, 1875 lOO 1081 1091 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO -- 108 9 Vio.G'ov. 6 p.c. Ja..&.Julyi 100 - - Do. do. 6 pm. Ap.&001, 1 100 1041 105 1044 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1861. LAW IN7ELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) STAINES V. STEWART AND OTHERS. This was a suit instituted to try the validity of a will made by Mr. Mathew Staines, deceased, and whether such will was legally revoked. Dr. Dean, Q.C., appeared for the plaintiff, the only child and heir at law of the testator, who pleaded revocation, and Dr. Phillimore represented the defendant and the families who propounded the will. It appeared that the testator was about 72 years of age when he died at Bristol, in December last, and the will in dispute was executed in Oct., 1858, by which the family of the defendant Stewart was appointed residuary legatees. He had for some time assumed the name of Richard Broughton, assigning that his reason for doing so was to avoid being importuned about money matters by his son. In 1853 he formed the acquaintance of a German named Siebert, and he also contracted an intimacy with a person named Blohn, who was the sister-in-law of Siebert, and she lived with him until his decease, at which time he was a widower, having one child, who was the real party intimated in the suit. In the course of the evidence it was positively sworn that the testator had stated to Blohn and Siebert that he had been forced to make the will by Mr. Stewart, but that it was his intention to revoke it. Having obtained the document from Mr. Stewart, he tore it up in the presence of Blohn and Siebert, in September, 1860, and desired Blohn to burn the frag ments. She, however, refused to . do so, fearful of unplea sant consequences, and the pieces were replaced in a box from where it had been taken. After the decease of the testator the will was found, and afterwards propounded by the defendants, Stewart and Jones, as the executors. Dr. Phillimore addressed the Court on the part of the defendants, contending that the will had been legally drawn up by Mr. Stewart. The learned gentleman, at the conclusion of his arguments, called a number of witnesses. The case had not concluded when we went to press. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron, and Barons Martin, Bram well, and Channel) ADAMS V. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. Overend said this case was tried in Liverpool, when the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff with £l5 damages, and he had to apply to the Court for a rule to set aside the verdict, on the ground that the damages were exoessive. The defendants had, previous to the commencement of the trial, paid £lO into court, but the jury gave £5 in addition. The plaintiff was a dealer in earthenware, and the action was originally brought against the Midland Railway Com pany for the non-delivery of six crates of earthenware, which the plaintiff had sent to them from Chesterfield for conveyance to Limerick. Three of the crates were delivered at the proper time, but the other three did not at that time come to hand, and the plaintiff alleged that in consequence he had lost their sale. Ho went to Liverpool to make in quiry respecting the goods, which, however, ultimately arrived at their destination, but he contended that, as the six crates did not arrive at one time, the three that were detained became useless to him, and he sued for their value. The crates were addressed "A. L., to be left till called for," and it was contended that that was a good and proper direction, as goods of the plaintiff, had, with the same ad dress, reached their destination in due course. The com pany resisted the demand, as the three crates were delivered in a very short time after they were due, and made an offer to pay the plaintiff the expenses he had been put to by his journey to Liverpool and tack, but he refused such terms, and laid his expenses altogether at £5B. The result of the trial was that the jury gave a verdict against the company, and it was to set aside that decision that he made the present application to the court. Rule granted to show cause. ROLLS COURT. (Before Sir J. Romilly, Master of the Rolls.) DAVESIES DE PONTES V. KENDAL -FORD V. DAVESIES DE PONTES.-lIIDGMENT. „His Honour the Master of the Rolls, in delivering judg ment, said—The points which 1 have to decide in this case are very simple and very short ; but the facts which raise these points, and which it will probably be necessary to state how they arose, constitute a case of the most singular and romantic character, as not likely to be found in any case of fiction. The points which I haver to decide are, whether the execution of a power contained in a will, bearing date April 12, 1854, was or was not effectual; o whether the revocation of it by two deeds—one Aug. 24, 1854, and the other Sept. 29, 1854, was an effectual revocation of it; and whether these deeds were inoperative a d of non-effect. Now, I think it is essential to state an tline of the facts which relate to this question, and which are inseparable from the question, because the intentions of the parties, and the acts of the parties go far to support the validity of the deeds. It is admitted that the validity of the deeds depend on the intentions of the parties. It ap peared that the lady, at the age of 16, formed an attach ment with a French young gentleman, and in the year 1823 both of them vowed an everlasting attachment, and engaged to be married. She left Paris and came came over to this country, and her friends persuaded her that this was an idle attachment which she had formed in Paris. In 1823 she married Mr. Dolphin, and in 1829, by way of family arrangement, he executed three deeds, in one of which he gave her the free income of the residue of his real and personal estate in England. She afterwards sepa rated from her husband, and lived a solitary life till 1853. She then returned to Paris and resumed her intimacy with the French gentleman which she had formed 30 years pre viously. She found that he was in a position of high rank —a general in the army. She wrote to him, and let him understand, by the tenor of her correspondence, that she wished a renewal of his friendship, and re ferred him to their former attachment. He was then a bachelor. An interview took place in the west of France. She raised £3OO on her husband's property, and did not conceal her desire to get quit of her husband and be the wife of the general. She was advised by a noble lord there to proceed to Scotland, and get her husband to reside there 40 days with a lady friend, and obtain a divorce against him in the Scotch court. He proceeded to Scotland with his paramour, and an action of divorce was instituted against him; and, in order/ to establish her pleas, a consi derable sum of money was paid down, and £3OO a year pro mised was the effect of this arrangement. Her husband was' then in reduced circumstances. She had difficulty in taking the oath di calumnia, that she did not directly or indirectly, by herself or friends, combine - or conspire to get up this action, but the oath was taken and the divorce obtained. She then went to France and married the gene ral, and executed a will in his favour, giving him all her real and personal property. She afterwards executed a deed sole in favour of her trustees. The general was informed by his solicitor that the divorce in Scotland would not be acknowledged in England, and, as he was not legally mar ried, he had no claim on her first husband's property. His Honour dismissed the first cause without costs, and alhwed Mr. Ford his costs in the second suit. His Honour said the lady had deserted the general and died in a con vent in France. SIR DAVID BREWSTER ON TILE DARWIN THEORY. On Monday afternoon the winter session of the University of Edinburgh was publicly opened by the delivery of an introductory address by Principal Sir David Brewster, in the General Assembly Hall. The hall was crowded in every part, and the Prin cipal was received with applause as he entered the hall. In the course of his address he referred to Mr. Darwin's theory. Mr. Darwin, he said, has appealed to facts and principles in support of his theory, and, therefore, we must appeal to facts and principles for its refutation. He maintains :-1. That variations in species actually arise in the course of descent from a common progenitor. 2. That many of these variations are an improvement on the original stock. 3. That, by a continual natural specimens, s o e c l e e a c s t i i o o n tl e , d f b ro y m a a s impro ve d t m ru o g ng oe th fo es r e nfe , the most vigorous individuals become ,the progenitors of the next generation. 4. That there is a power in nature everywhere affecting this selection. Naturalists of high authority have followed Mr. Darwin through all his arguments, and have shown in the clearest manner that his theory is inconsistent with the very facts upon which he has rested it. It is out of my sphere, and yours also, to discuss this ques tion as one of natural history; but even in this aspect of it, we may allow that species do admit of great variations, and may, by new methods of feeding and culture, rise to a higher scale, and yet deny that there is any evidence even of one species of the same genus having passed into another, and still less that the fish have passed into fowl, or birds into beasts, or quadrupeds into man. We have absolute proof, indeed, of this immutability of species, whether we search for it in historic or geo logical times. The cat and dog embalmed in Egypt four thousand years ago are the same as the cat and dog of the present day; and in the fossil remains of the pre-Adamite ages there is not the slightest proof of any variations in the successive inhabi tants of the earth. Mr. Darwin himself admits, to use his own words, "that this is the most obvious and grave objection to his theory ;" but yet he con jectures that rocks still undiscovered, and myriads of years older than the Cambrian or azoic strata, may still bear testimony to his views. When such strata with such indications are discovered, when the instinct of the elephant shall have expanded into reason, and the chatter of the parrot have its climax in speech, we may then claim kindred with the brutes that perish. • THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' UPTON-ON_SEPERN RACES.—(This Day) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SEVERN BANK STAKES. Pine Apple 2 A Escape Jeruselem Seven ran. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to t] cap. 32, for the week ending of Nov., 1861: he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, on Wednesday, the 6th day MITE DEP Notes issued !......X28,053,2751 . ARTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,403,2 6 Silver Bullion .... £28,(53,275 £28,053,275 RANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche- Buer, Savings' anks, Commis mi ssioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ao- , EPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including DeadWeightAn nuity) £11,712,187 Other Securities 16,46(),864 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 807,499 counts) 4,240,859 Other Deposits 13,515,241 Seven Day and other Bills 802,2i2 £36,260,510 M.. Dated November 7. 1861. Z 36,260,510 .RSIIALL, Chief Cashier. POLICE 11V.TELLLGENC.E.—( This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT THE ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Jahn Smith, a tall man, wearing a light coat, who refused his address, was charged with attempting to steal a watch, of the value of £6 65., from the person of Mr. William Joseph Kelly, who said he was from Newcastle-on-Tyne, but was at pre sent staying at the Clarendon Hotel, Arundel-street, Strand. Mr. Lewis, jun., defended. Mr. Kelly said he was at the Alhambra the previous night, and while standing up looking at the performance he felt a tug at his watch, and sawit in the prisoner's hand, which he had placed under his arm. The prisoner tried to get away, but he prevented him by pulling at the chain, which was still attached to the watch. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, Mr. Kelly said the chain was also attached to his waistcoat. Mr. Lewis having put some questions to Mr, Kelly, Ser geant Ward, 298 A, said he took the prisoner into custody at the entrance to the Alhambra. The prisoner refused his name and address, and on examining the watch he found the bow had been twisted. Mr. Lewis said there were always large crowds at the Alhambra, and he thought, under the circumstances, the prosecutor might have made a mistake. The prisoner had instructed him to say that the hand prosecutor saw was somebody else's hand. Another circumstance in the case was that the watch was never severed from the chain. Mr. Tyrwhitt—lt appears to me that the ingenuity of the prisoner is equalled by the ingenuity of hi advocate. I consider it an ingenious robbery, done by a clever fellow, who is defended by a clever counsel. Mr. Lewis said he understood flip prosecutor wanted to go into the country, and there was no violence used. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a few days. THAMES. Tun ANCIENT GOLD WATCH.—Thomas Blake, alias " the Sneak," a cognomen not misplaced, for the prisoner appeared a sneaking looking fellow, and described as a cleaner, ag€ d 21, was charged with stealing a gold watch and chain, value 20 guineas, the property of Frederick Yates, a bricklayer, of White's-rents, Limehouse. On the 15th of October last the prosecutor and the pri soner were lodging at the house of Mrs. Harriett Hugon, of No. 51, Ropemaker's-fields, Limehouse. They slept in the same room on the night of the 15th. The prisoner got up at an early hour on the morning of the 16th, and im mediately left the house. The prosecutor rose a few minutes afterwards and missed a gold watch, with small chain attached, which he had laid on a table in the room before he went to bed. The watch was an ancient one which the prosecutor's father gave him 12 years ago. It originally cost 20 guineas. The prisoner was not seen again until last night, and he was then met in Salmon-lane, Limehouse, by police-constable Smith, No. 76, K, who said, " I charge you with stealing a gold watch, the property of a young man in Ropemaker's-fields, Limehouse." The prisoner immediately said, "I am guilty." A bundle containing two shirts were found upon him, and he is strongly suspected to have stolen them from some house where he had been lodging. Mrs. Hagon said the prisoner lodged in her house for three weeks, and that on the night of the 15th of October, he borrowed a shill* of her to buy food, and said he was out of work and in great distress. The prisoner was remanded for a week. THE TVEATIIER. PROBABLE BEFORE SATURDAY. North Britain E. to N. and N.W., gale; snow or rain. Ireland W. to N.E., strong to gale. East Coast South England W. to N., fresh; showers. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, 1 ' etween 8 and E. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. --- Nairn 19 9 . 25 41 140 S.E. 4 9 0. 7 I Aberdcon 1 29 . 19 43 41 N.N. W. 3 9 o. 2 Leith ; 29/7 41 38 N.W. 2 9 o. 1 Berwick 129 . 21 41 40 W.S.W. 1 4 b. 1 Ardrossan 1 29'33 45 42 N.N.W. 4 7 0. 3 I'ortruth 1 294.3 37 36 E. 2 6 r. 2 Shields 1 9 9 .33 37 35 W.S.W. 3 1 b. 4 Galway 2946 85 31 Calm 0 0 f. 0 Searboroug - h Liverpool Valenta . 2914 142 41 S.S.W. 2 4I 5 Queenstown i 2941 39 38 N. 3 5 f. 1 Yarmouth , 29.40 38 37 W. 3 1 m. 2 London 129.44 40 38 W.S. W. 2 0 m. 0 t Lover 2 9 .50 45 42 W 2 1 b. 1 !'or? smouth Portland !29 49 47 44 ' W. 1 5I o. 2 Plymouth 129.46 43 41 N.W. 3 7I r. 2 Penzance , 29'50 41 10 W. 7 7 0. 2 PLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 (leg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shad©. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true-- not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ; h,, hail ; 1., lightning ; in,, misty (hazy) ; 0., Overcast (dull) ; r., rain; s., snow; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb -,nce (1 to 9). TILE POTATO CROP 1N IRELAND. The crop of this year (says the .Northern Whig) has been extensively infected by the old disease, but now that more accurate data exist for the formation of a correct estimate, it does not appear that the loss will, in any degree, reach the amount which the heralds of famine would have had the public to believe. Immense quantities of the gross produce are totally unfit for human food; a large proportion of the balance will, however, be useful in cattle feeding; and it is:to be h o p e d that the portion unfit for any purpose will not exceed a moiety of the en tire produce of the potato lands. Prices are very high for the season, It is, therefore, evident that the consumer will more than share the loss with the grower. In olden times, and long-before the destruc tive blight had seized on the national esculent, Is. per hundredweight was often the market rate for excellent potatoes. Occasionally higher prices ruled, but more frequently still lower ones. In 1833, for instance, choice varieties, which had been carted seven or eight miles from the country, were sold in our market at the nominal rate of Bd. per cwt., or one penny for each stone of 141bs. The current rates this day will average 4s. the hundred, or about six times the price paid 28 years ago. A great alarm was raised some weeks since, and the cry of impending famine re-echoed from the west. That much suffering will be endured by the small farmers and eottiers in that portion of Ireland, there is no reason to doubt; but we trust that the iegitimate sources of relief will be fully adequate to meet the emergency. The landed proprietors— and especially those living at a distance from the scene of the disaster—have a duty to perform in this matter which we trust they will not fail in discharging. AN UNFORTUNATE SpousE•—At the petty ses sions,s Dudley, on Monday last, John Bower. charged Jas. ja is a . Wood, boat builder, with an. assault. Complainant, who boatman ' deposed that he lived at Netherton , and that he was on a journey from which he did not expect to return till Saturday last. He returned, however, on Friday night, at ten minutes past eleven, and knocked at the doer of his house. His wife was a long time coming, but a length ap peared in her night dress. Complainant told her to go back and put her clothes on, and she turned back accord- ingly. Complainant then went to move the horse he had been riding on, and when ho came back he saw the defen dant running cut of the house, holding his trousers on with one hand, while he carried his boots in the other. Com plainant went up to him, and inquired what he thong at of himself. Defendant replied by striking him on the eye. Complainant was dragged into the garden, and then both his wife and her paramour grossly assaulted him. Com plainant also chuged his wife, Caroline, with assaulting him in conjunction with Wood. She held him for ten minutes, while Wood struck him. Eventually, however, Bowen got into his house,. and locked both his wife and Wood out. The Bench fined both defendants £4 and costs ; or, in default, two months' hard labour each.— Trolverhamptoia Chronicle. LITERATURE. The Alps ; or, Shetchee of Life and Nature in the Mountains. By H. Berlepsch. Translated by the Rev. Leslie Stephen, M.A., Fellow and Tutor • of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. With 17 Plates from designs by Emil Rittmeyer. Longman. The numerous excellent works that have recently appeared on the Alps have familiarised the English public with all details of that magnificent land of which they are the pride and ornament. This work before us is a very admirable one, and is the production of a superior mind. It brings before us very important statements relative to the fabric of the Alps, and hence beyond the charm of adventu rous narrative, and the interest which attaches to eloquent descriptions of glorious scenery, there re mains for the studious and scientific reader a sub ject for conjecture and reflection in these learned dissertations. We meet with the following striking description at the commencement of the book : There are but few men who know the real and fell majesty of the fabric of the Alps. It unveils itself least of all where the broad military roads stretch over passes and mountain "saddles," or where the trivial employments of daily life are swarming round the footstools of this wonder of creation. You must penetrate into the secrets of the hidden world of the mountains, into the solitude of the closed gorges and valleys, where man's power of cultivation sinks powerless as he comprehends the weakness of his efforts against the majesty of Nature in the Alps. You must climb above the ruins of a primeval world, and press through labyrinths of glacier and wastes of ice irto the temple sanctuary where it strikes, up freely and boldly into the skies betore your wearied eyes. Then you will encounter the indescribable splendour of the Alpine world in all its vastness till you are ready to sink under the thought of its awfulness ; and when you have recovered from your first impression, when in sight of the gigantic masses, you have opened your heart, and prepared it to receive still nobler revelations, then question boldly those mausoleums of immemorial time ; ask them what hand raised them from the depths of eternal darkness into the kingdom of light ; consult the rocky leaves of this stone chronicle for the history of their creation and the end of their existence. The vast dead masses will become alive for you, and a view will open to you into the endless cycle of eternity. The Alps stretch in a vast semicircle through Southern Europe, a limb of that colossal skeleton of the earth which under the name of the Pyrenees, Appennine, Tschar Dagh, and Haenius, gives internal support to the Spanish Italian, and Grecian peninsulas, as they stretch out into the Mediterranean Sea. There in different epochs followed elevations and depressions, repeated floods and even deposits, till at last the fiery products of the great melting furnaces of the earth's interior burst through these manifold super imposed layers. ' One very striking chapter is that which relates to the Landslip at Golddau, and the d wellers at home will find it difficult to realise the possibility of such occurrences. It is thus forcibly depicted : "A storm in the ocean, a mountain spitting fire, the blaze of primeval forests in America, the simoom in the desert, may all chill a man's blood in his veins ; but no storm in the open sea when the sailor sees de struction in a thousand watery graves, no breaking forth of a volcano towards Heaven, no burning of the American forest, can create greater hor ror than that fearful moment when the moun taineer calls to his wife, children, and neigh bours to run, for the mountain is coming." Among the anecdotes recorded of the miraculous escapes of various persons during this fearful calamity there is a very exciting one mentioned of the preservation of a child five years old, and Ler attendant, a young girl: They were buried a day and a night in ,the fallen house. After some time each becomes aware of the presence of the other. They compare their positions. Fran cisca, the girl, is in total darkness and fancied the end of the werld had come. Marianne, the child, is lying on her back, and cannot move, but sees through a strip of darkness something green. Francisca thinks it is a look into Paradise. S.ird denly they hear the sound of the curfew, which rings at eight from the Steinberg. They had many more weary hours to wait before deliver iesce came, but both were recovered to life and liberty. Not so the moth e r and two younger children, who were in the same dwelling and sweated by the failing ruins. There is a plate of The Ban Forest," and an account of its nature. The primeval forest of the Alps comes down to our day, AS a fragment of past times, and many of the trees centuries old were once witnesses of great deeds ennobled in legend." It is stated that one naturally associates the term primeval forest with America, But the Alpine forests only bear affinity with those of the New World inasmuch as they are untouched by the band of man. The tropical forest is rich in plants of various colours, the Alpine is monotonous and dark-hued. The one is called "an uninterrupted jubilee of resurrection, the everlasting Easter in the kingdom of plants, every where the process of dissolution is concealed under the rich luxurious foliage of the young shining after-growth and the happiness of eternal youth seems to prevail, the Alpine forest is a quiet field of the dead ; one of those melancholy dark places of natural corruption, where life and destruc tion come into immediate contact and reciproca tion." " Alpine Roses" is a pleasing passage, and to suit the lovers of legendary lore there is a story connected with their brilliancy and bloom of a faithful lover and a cruel rcaidei The Alps, it is said, have given a new poetic beauty to the rose, for it is amongst them that:the rose blooms without a thorn. This unbelieving age will rejoice to find another proverb contradicted in the charming Rosa Alpina. Our interest is increased in this lovely plant by the knowledge that it only blooms in its in digenous sphere, It seems like the fabled amaranth that it will not bear removal. " A freo child of the hills, it will only bloom in its own home, where it is nearer to heaven than to man, and can breathe full draughts of the pure air of heaven. It is the most charming symbol of maidenly purity and inno cence. Weather and storm, heat and frost, rain and snow, all the attacks of nature it can bear with good cheer and courage, only too happy when it gets a friendly ray of light. Only at the touch of man's hand it trembles and loses its colour, for that brings it death. With surprising speed it changes its clear transparent purple-gold. into a bluish tinge, and no one has seen Alpine roses in their full splen dour who has not seen them blooming on the slopes of rocks. "The Chesnut Woods " is a beautiful des cription of these grand creations of the forest, " the noblest foliage -trees of the southern Alpine land." It is curious to note how valuable is the timber of the chestnut. "Venice, the sea-ruling town of thu Doges, rich, smiling Genoa, the mighty docks of England built their peat ships of war; and com merce of chestnut wood, because it is not liable to the attacks of worms and the destructive boring pholads, the mighty framework of beams at West minster-hall, in London, the roof-beams of many of the noblest cathedrals of France and Spain are made from the timber of our noble tree, and are still as strong and uninjured as they were five hun dred years ago." After perusing the account of thunderstorms, waterfalls, &c., we come upon a curious relation regarding red snow, of which there are extensive regions found by travellers in the high Alps. Another danger of this perilous clime is the " avalanche," which is treated of here ; and also there is a plate that represents its full horror in having buried a victim in the grand and glorious winding-sheet of everlasting snow. "Chalet Life in the Alps" is most interesting to peruse, and one loves to linger over the accounts of the dwellers in those still places. There is a plate of the " Forest Chapel," which is very suggestive, and worship seems peculiarly appropriate in a spot where— "Noturoitself it seems would raise A minstor to her Maker's praise." " The Goat Boy " is a very amusing sketch, also the "Wild Haycutter," the "Wildheuer." Then we find an account of an Alpine feast, " Alpstuckete." " Tim ber Fellers and Floaters" describe an amusing re presentation of the destruction of the forests. " Chamois Hunters" again attract notice, and there is an illustration of the feats performed by those daring men. " Village Life in the Mountains" is the last subject mentioned, and it is a most appro priate one to conclude a work like the present, being " The life itself of the villagers in these great her mitages of central Europe.' Amid the extreme of still-life and solitude, few spots surpass Rofner Hoff, in the Tyrol. Four brothers live together ; they are shut out like Robinson Crusoes, and ",Win ter, at this height of over 6,000 feet above the sea, divides them for near half a year from their neighbours." This book is well calculated.nextt attract and interest all who desire a really mstru e• tive work that brings before us, in a descriptive form and in eloquent language, details of one of the m oft all allthe countries of Europe. The marvels in und ying verse, an d tilhooeesttphshauisglogssueosnptgeirvoeflaoias discoursed of its mysteries in elaborate treatises. It is there the traveller de lights to wander to gain fresh ideas of the Creator's might in the study and contemplation of its sublimity and beauty. It is to be considered certain that this admirable work will meet with the reception that it merits, and in many a c i rc l e of delighted listeners' inform and instruct regarding the Alpine land of song and story, of injesty and magnificence.. Those, whose happy live emable them to see for themselves its wonders enjoy renewing their aceriaintanee with its see.nery, and those who can never go there may rejoice at finding it pictured for them in these glowing descriptions, animated accounts, and ioquent delineations. We commend this bril liant volume to the earnest attention of all lovers of the picturesque, admirers of nature's grandeur and seekers after desirable information, ably told and agreeably furnished. Subjoined aro some illustrations of interest. Here is a picture of SUNDAY IN THE ALPINE SOLITUDE Sunday in mountain villages has something very elevating and solemn. It is as if all nature kept holiday. Tho earns wondrous acoustic walls which give back the tone of the Alp horn with such magic:modulation, repeat also the sound of bells in the Alpine villages with indr scribable beauty. The sound seems to lose its metalif I tone and takes a deeper, warmer fulness, ouch as peculiar to crystal bells of glass. To hear the church bell ring from a rather lofty point above an Alpine town, on a clear summer morning, as the calling and answering bells send their notes far and wide over valley and gorge, and the whole landscape round listens in blissful peace to the tones; belongs to the best enjoyments which the mountain world can give to the receiving spirit. The congregations in their country dress stream up out of every corner, from the dark ravines, and down from the brown timber chalets, over the spring green meadows. Such is Sunday—it is a real feast, and more impressive than in towns; and when church is over, those who have lately lost a dear member of their family wander to the graves and adorn them with freshly plucked Alpine roses, or deck,the simple black cross with a wreath of immortelles, rosemary, and cloves. • The goat boys show no l G e O ss AT th n o ° 4lt, courage, ante, and and skill when on e o f their beasts has lost itself, or verjuekt, t. e., sprung on to a rocky ledge, from which it can neither get forward or backward, for wherever they are enticed by a spot of green, the goats and sheep scramble, see more strips of grass below them, and spring from ledge to ledge, often a fathom in depth, till they cannot get any further. Then the boy who looks after them has to release the imprisoned animal. Our illustration shows such a moment. That is the tough, unyielding nature of a genuine goat-boy. Beast and boy look as if they had been cast in one piece. The eagles are hovering above, attracted by the anxious cry of the goat, which, if the boy had not released it, they would have driven with their wings over the cliffs, and have preyed upon. If they were to come near the boy would let himself be crushed in the abyss before he would n lo o t t g m o a t k h e e t g h o e at o . bs A htincatea,rge stiff-necked small .necked s la n d ot q i u n his back ithiswould hold. THE PERILS OF THE WILD HAY-CUTTERS. Yes it is, indeed, a wretched life, a toilsome day's work, full of deprivations, fighting against wind and weather, always with one foot on the border between life and death. For only those slopes of grass in the mountains which are almost inaccessible become places for wild hay, generally high above the forest region, that is, at a height of 6,000 feet and upwards; inasmuch as, from their steep inclina tion, they can be approach e d ne i' h er b y goa t s nor s h eep , much loss by heavy cattle, or perhaps it may be quite im paacticable to approach them with a herd. Here, where at the utmost the spring of the sure-footed chamois may find hold enough, man ventures to come in his fight for sub sistence; here he finds winter fodder for the beasts which supports kin' and his family; and, as the Bible prophesies the hard lot of the wo , kman, in the sweat thy brow shalt thou eat bread, we might add, in the case of the wild hay cutter, as reward for your toil and contempt of death, thou shalt drink milk, for there are places for wild hay where the audacious venturer cannot take his crampons off the whole day, because he has to drive them into the ground at every step. THE BUILIA.L IN THE ALPS. And when the small quiet life of Alpine soliturie has passed, when the body is given back to the earth whence it came, a very peculiar impression is made upon us by the last solemn duty. Down in tho country where all the neighbours live close together, and have grouped their houses round the village church, there (if we do not attend to special country customs) burial is almost everywhere alike. It is different in the Alps, where, an hear from the common resting-place, the citizen of this world enters eter nity. The way which he went every Sunday to church while alive his corpse has now to go in its narrow house of boards for the last time. It is hard to carry him so far down. Thon if it is summer the son places his father's or mother's coffin on a small narrow car, harnesses whatever he has in his stable, a horse or a cow, in front of it, and so bears the earthly remains to the valley. Wherever tho mournful procession comes the people run out, pray aloud, " Our Father," or join the procession ; and if w i nter has cast his mantle of snow over mountain and valley, the sleigh has to do its last service for the dead The coffin is firmly tied on, a strong, powerful man, with two Alpen stocks under his arms, places himself in front, guides it with his feat, and starts down with de corpse in rapid flight to the valley. Love, the Greatest Enchantment: the Sorcei ies of Sin: The Devotion of the Cross. From the Spanish of Calderon. By Denis Florence Mic earthy. With Introduction, Notes, and the Spsnish Text. Longman. This accomplished Irish poet claims the distinc tion of having been the first who presented to the English public a complete version of any of the plays of the great Spanish dramatist. It is now some years since he published two volumes of translations, which met with a favourable reception. In rendering those plays into our tongue, however, Mr. I\l‘Carthy did not attempt to represeit in Eng lish verse the peculiarities of the Spanish metre• In preparing the volume before us greater leisure and increased confidence have induced him to imi tate closely the rhythm of the Spanish text, not withstanding the great difficulties which such an undertaking presents to the English writer. As the peculiarity of the asonance, which is its distinc tive feature, may not be known to many readers, we subjoin the following passage from the pre face : The peculiar feature of this translation is its rigid adhe rence to the metres of the original, and particularly to that especial Spanish one, the asonanta vowel rhyme, of which but a few scattered specimens exist in English, and these rather as samples of what our language was incapable of producing to any considerable extent, than of what it could achieve. This metre is so very peculiar, and so opposed to anything that has the semblance of rhyme in English, that I have known several persons who were able to read in the original a romance, and who, notwithstanding, never per ceived the delicate and most elaborate form of versification they had been enjoying until their attention was drawn to it. When once seen or heard, however, the discovery is hailed with delight, and we look or listen for the ever recur ring similarity of cadence or construction, 'the manifold wild chimes' of the Spanish asonance, with pleasure and surprise. The numerous examples of it throughout this volume will show the reader what it is more clearly perhaps than any explanation, and yet some definition of it may not be inappropriate in this place. "The Spanish asonance," says the late Lord Holland, " is a word which resembles another in the vowel on which the last acoent falls, as well as the vowel or vowels which follow it ; but every conso nant after the accented vowel must be different from that in the corresp:nding syllable. Thus, hes and amor, orilla and delira, alamo and paxaro, are all asonantes." This defini tion, though perhaps a little too limited for the boundless variety and freedom of the asonance, may be considered tolerably satisfactory. . . . In English, from the compa rative weakness of the vowel sounds, from the rare possi bility of combining them, and, what i s s till more, from their perpetual variation in quantity, anything like produc ing the same effect as in the Spanish is impossible ; yet this ghost of a rhyme, as Dean Trench calls it, is better than none at all, and I have found that an inflexible determina tion to reproduce it at whatever trouble, even though with imperfect success, enables the translator more closely to render the meaning of the original, and saves him from the danger of being tempted into diffuseness by the facilities of expansion, which even the unrhymed trochaic, without the asonaxte, too readily supplies. It can easily be imagined that to render so peculiar a metre into English verso has been no easy task; but Mr. M'Carthy has done so with very great success, and his example may encourage other translators, by proving to them that a faithful ad herence to the original text is by no means incom patible with free and flowing English. He has submitted himself to a severe test, and one that a less faithful translator would have cause to dread by printing the Spanish by the side of the English, and thus any departure from the text of his author could be easily detected. The dramas he has selected are peculiar ones. The first and longest in the volume—" Love, the Greatest Enchantment" —refers to the ancient legend of Circe and Ulysses. In the opening passages there is a striking resem blance to the first scene of The Tempest, which is, the translator considers, quite accidental. If so, it is certainly very singular. The second piece In the volume is one of the autos, or religious mystical plays, which are completely unknown be yond the circle of those familiar with the original. " With the exception of the scenes introduced into Dean Trench's analysis of The Great Theatre of the World, not a single line of these remarkable dramas has ever been previously presented in English verse. Writers in reviews and magazines have oc casionally drawn attention to a few of the secular dramas of Calderon ; but the Autos, the most won derful of all his productions, and the only ones (with but two exceptions) which the great post himself thought worthy of his revision, have been passed over, I may say, in almost utter silence." In this remarkable production the dramatis persona are no longer men and women, but impersonations of intangible things. Man indeed is prominent as the hero, and so to speak the scene of the play, for Sin, Flattery, and all the several senses exert their influence upon him, resisted only by the warning voice of the Understanding. This piece, the Sorceriea of Sin, is also founded on the story of Ulysses and Circe, and some of the opening passages are almost precisely similar. The drama of the Devotion of .the Cross has been truly termed by Dean Trench, a wonderful and terrible tragedy. Its prominent feature is one which revolts the reader, and a g l oom y horror reigns over it. "In English and. French Literature, says the t rans l a t or i n spea ki ng " of this play, " few writers have ever referred to Calderon without praising the poetical power and of this beautydrama, and condemning it as 'the very sublime of Antinomianism.' Like many other celebrated literary works, however, it has been more frequently referred to than read, and many writers have, either through carelessness or wilful hostility needlessly misrepresented and exaggerated its do feets." Sismondi is one of these inaccurate critics, and Boutewek falls into the mikske of calling it an Auto, not understanding, says Mr. M'Carthy, the marked difference betwoen a religious DRAMA and an Auto. The Sorceries of Sin which we have alluded to above, is properly an auto, which it will be scan is entirely distinct in its character from a plair representing hernan actions or agencies. Those who %tish to familiarise thent , Tlves- with these acid other peculiarities of tg l t Spanish drama cannot do better than follow Mr. M'Carth's guidance t through this cautiful and interesting volume. posted -with the the East, g ' LARGE ARRIVALS OF EAST INDIA COTTON IN LivEnrooL.—During the last few days there have been same large arrivals of East India cotton in the Mersey, On Langdale, Tuesday there were no fever than five large ships as having arrived from Bombay, having en board 25,4G1 bales of cotton. The names of the respective vessels, to gethers are,oo7 . bT : hi i ee t s h c i the ttyhneoufal Otago,b Agra , ero f ww b i ti a ht l ii l e bales f ,7 01 cottonbales ee e ss a ; c ; 1 ishipbro,uwhitht „ c id' 3,495 bales; and the Euroclydon, Tha Langdale made the vo yage home in 6,616 b a l es . quan tities of East India cotton no w at sea, 93 days. The. a dvices, are 135,691 bales, again s t 5, a, according to late cor responding period last year, 3,812 bales for the