The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-06 00:00:00

4 I . yl• THIRD EDITION. SUX OFFICE, Seven o'clock. WORCESTER RACES.—(This Day). BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. HANDICAP PLATE. Bookaloom Cronstadt 2 Antwerp Fourteen ran. FLYING STAKES. Dead heat between Lord of the Manor and Juliet. Shillelagh Thirteen ran. Lord of the Manor walked over, and the stakes were divided. MATcu—Lord Adaire beat Lady Bute. SHORTS STAKES. Grant Shillelagh . Etymologist Twelve ran. HURDLE RACE. Butterfly.. Mavourneen Emblem Ten ran. ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. Bantam Pineapple Willoughby 3 FREE HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Heads or Tails Premier 3 Farmer from Kerry MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY Two O'CLOCK. There is no diminution in the easiness recently experienced in the money market, which, on the eontrary, continues to show rather a downward tendency, and it is thought that the Directors of the Bank of England, at their meeting to-morrow, will modify their regulations. A reduction in the minimum to 3 per cent. is considered probable, and the mercantile community are no doubt lessening their discount operations in consequence, since the movement if it should be adopted, will probably create even greater easiness than is already expe rienced. At the Bank of England yesterday there were no bullion operations of public importance. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon were in most instances rather lower. Gold is now about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and 2-10ths higher here than in Hamburg. Only a very small amount of business was tran sacted in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices► exhibited no change of importance. The sales were about 3,000 bales. On the 19th inst., the final instalment of 20 per cent. is due on the East Indian loan. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway of Can ada for the week ending the 27th ultimo, amounted to £12,109 against £11,397 in 1860, and on the Grand Trunk Railway for the week ended the 19th Oct. to £19,851, or £3,182 more than in the corresponding period of last year. The market for Public Securities this morning has be en steady, but without animation, as usual during the settlement of the monthly account. Consols have been maintained at 931 for transfer, and 93i for the sth pros. The transactions for investments are still conducted on a very limited scale. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 91 1; Exchequer Bilfs, June, at 17s. prem.; Bank Stock is at 230 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan re mains at 105 1 ; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is flat at 971 98 ; but the 5k per Cents. are firmer at 105. The dealings in the Foreign Market have been rather active, and prices tended upwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791 ; ditto, 1858, 671 I. Mexi can have improved to 27t and 281, and are now 2 1 ; Sardinian to 821 ; Dutch to 64t ; ditto 4 per Cents. to 991 100. Buenos Ayres remain at 90k, but Venezuelan have receded to 22. In the railway share market the operations have been restricted ; prices, however, in some instances, have shown more firmness. Great Western, Lan cashire, and Yorkshire, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, North Bristol and North-Easterns have improved 55., while Caledonians declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remained with out any material change. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian realised 16& 17; Sambre and Meuse, 61; Great Luxembourg, 91 ; East Indian, 103 to 103 i, and Great Indian Peninsula, 1001. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have continued in fair request, and prices were well maintained, Bank of Australasia improved ss. ; London and Westminster, ss; and Oriental Bank, 10s. Red Sea Telegraph brought 19 ; and South Australian Land, 321. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 913 -1 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities.. 9la ± New 31 per Cent. Annuities lOO India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto .5 per Cent. 9B 73 Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 98a 1 1 Ditto ditto April, 1864 983 t, Ditto 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,000 Ditto unctbr £l,000 Consols for Account, Nov. 7 93 * March. I June. 17 20 pm Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d Ditto X 3500 Ditto Small I FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian, 5 per Ccnt Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 4i per Cent. 27f Mexican, 3 . per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian.4i per Cent — Ditto (Uribarren), iii per Cent. .. 941 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 47/ Sardinian 5 per Cent;. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 7 9 i i Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £l.OO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuelan 3 per Cent .... — Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 9B Dutch 21 per Cent. , Exchange 12 Guil ''''' Ditto Account /Mr() Certificates, 4 per Cent. lOO 99i Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 6B THREE O'CLOCK. ousels, Money -,-.. aiato Account, Dec. 5 TRIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LoNDorr, Nov. 6 . —Wind at noon, South ; moderate breeze and cloudy, heavy fall of rain during the morning. CAP-DIFV, Nov. 4.Airived—Hinckley, from Gibraltar. --Neptune, for St Thomas. Sailed QUEENSTOWN, Nov. s.Arri Ved—Armanworth, from Quebec's. Lot/ OH FOYLE, Nor. s. — Arrived— s teamer, from Quebec. North American, MILL, Nov. 4.—Arrived —Lady Seale, from Davis Straits, ...„.._____. (BY ELECKUC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. The Saxonia steamer, which leaves to-day for New York, specie from London, and 113,000 f. from takes L 10,200 Havre. No arrivals or sailings. (11T SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning, Arrived, Nov. s— Du o Fratelli , fr om Aivalle ; Harvest Maid, from Lisbon. Sailed, Nov. 6—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne; Nora, steamer, for Amsterdam. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Alexander Sharp, from Moulmein; Lancashire Witch, from Demerara; Warren Hastings, from Madras-- all for London; Caroline, screw steamer, from London, for Glasgow. _ - - SALE OF THE EAST INDIA HOUSE.—Yesterday the sale of the valuable building materials of the East India Rouse was commenced by Messrs. Pullen, Horne, and Eversiield, on the premises, Leadenhall-street, and attracted a numerous attendance of purchasers and the public gene rally- The sale of yesterday included that portion of the building at the north-east corner, extending down Lime street to Leadenhall-place, the building adjoining, and the Marine and Secret Departments, and continued from noon till dusk, when it was adjourned until this day, and will afterwards be resumed from time to time until the whole of the once far-famed India House is cleared away and reckoned with the things that.have been, Share 1 Railways. 50 Belfast and Nor. Coun. 13.14 ,Bir., Wol., and Str. Val 25 Myth and Tyne 10 !Bost.,Sleaf.,andgid.C o st 'Bristol and Exeter st 'Caledonian 10 ,Carmarthen & Cardigan 50 :C Irk and Bandon 20 Cork,Blrock, ,t Passage 20 'Cornwall 'Do. A gets no divl Do. B ti :16p c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do DoNw A, late E U ads East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasg. and S. Western GreatNrthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire, London and Blackwalll Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen. Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do I shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 6 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def. Newry, Warnpt, & Ros Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.P,ail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase : Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. El. & Canal Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Sclt. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales . S. Yort. and River Duni Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington( Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do I'ref. No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rag Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim j Waterford A; Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.clat West Midland Oxford Do Newpor t! Do Hereford LINES LEASED AT FIXED RE Paid. Leasing Co. a Closing Price. Railways. Bedford and Bletchley Birkenhead Buckinghamshire Chester & Holyhead Do. 5i per cent Do. 5 „ Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val. E. Lincolnsh. g 6 pr e. E.Union,HarwiehShs Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils.Dret Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest Hull and Selby Do. halves - Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle London & Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tflb.& Southend Lowestoft gua. 4 p c Don per cent Mid. Bradford Prefer- once stock Newmarkt, BuryEx I gua. 5 per eent... Northn.&Eastn. 5 p. c. Do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 p. c N. Eastn—Hartlepool North Western Preston and Wyre. t Do. b shares A. Itoystn.Hitch.& Shep. Shrewsby & Hereford - Do. no. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset Wimbledn & Croydon Ln.&N.W Do.&G.W Do. Do Do. Caledon. E.U.&E.O Gr. North. E,Counts. Cale - don Do. Gt. West. Yk.N. Mid Do. Do. Ln.& N.W S. Eastern Do. Peto & Co Norfdtk . Do. LNIVB4 M Midland E Counts. Do. Do. Do. N. E. Ber. Midland L&N.W L.Yk. Gt. North. T Brassey Gt. West. L.&Brgtn, Q 1 86 94 96 53 54 122 124 111 113 101 103 15i 16i 131 134 4 41 1109 111 197 200 60 62 112 117 84 86 94 96 par i p 65 57 i5l 131 133 120 125 1 1} 90 92 8i 9i PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Brie. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. £lO, 11 p. cent Do. guar. shares, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c Do. Class B 6 per cent Do. Class C 7 per cent E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.i p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Eclin.Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm Do. 41 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redm.atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland), 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 41 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct i Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Birm. pref. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Do. Birm. anal% stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do Do. do Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl. stes 2s 10dne Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent do Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 44 per cent. do Do. 44 p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p c.st.(diy.deflir 65 Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon.Chat&Doy. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. c. Metrop. Ex. li, R p.c. Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. st., late 3d shares .... Do. 14 per cent Do. (Prtem. perpl. anns of 2s 6d Londondy. & Cole. 1 she Londony. & Ennis. 1 shs Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent 1 Mary port & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 44 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. 41 per cent......... No.Leic. a p nd Hit4Per et. ~rflk. 5 .c. Ex. st. 1846 DDoo:ssllvpa.vc.l.,Paraelx. sstt 11884177 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New glia• per cent.. Do. Bor. tin. g. pr. , . she. . Do. do. AD:nrsiF:irspialxhpaB:iet e r e l rded N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do, 41pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. - N. E. 4 p. ct. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1818.. Do. York, H. S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Rhymney Guaranteed.. S^ottish Central. new pi Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. Q. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua,6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock S sss o oo. DDD u uyu t totaoo h hh... Devon, Ann, 10 s . Do. Fixed 41 per cent, r6e cent. rn so ) ,4,4i cent l p. gua.ce clra.4Bdspion. .centeg. Do. 41 per cent gua Do. 5 p oma Stock. & Dar. A. Do. B et p. Do. C6p. c Watrt d & Kilkny. 6 p. c W. Mid. -Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do. Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red Do. Perpet 6 p. c. pf. 1866 Do. till ISO 9 2iii 1.4 100 st 2s 6d 10s. 10 1. 0. 6. I paid. ' Closing Business Prices. Done. ,00 102 all all all all 100 24 214 51 6i 100 102 110 115 106 110 107 109 103 103 123 125 80 82 [lO 112 89 91 79 81 114 116 110 112 101 103 107 109 97 99 98 100 87 89 SS 90 tOI 103 96 10 166 176 10} 10k 74 76 20 20 10 10 15 156 - - 135 137 112 115 112 115 136 138 112 115 101 103 150 155 127 130 73 75 91 92 94 96 Pm die par 101 2 100 100 100 100 8.13.4 101 I 100 100 100 100 100 100 Australian I Bon Accord Copper, I. im. Brazil St.d.del Itey,Lim Do. Land and 311ningCo. Clarendon Cons.MilaCo Cobre Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna. General Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) I Linares Lusitanian IMariquica N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L I'ontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt , Port Philip {Scottish Austrin. (L.) 1 I United Mexican ' l Worthing (Llmited).... Do . . 11 113 13i 14 124 125 I film 65 70 I film 138 138 100 102 91 93 [O9 111 LO7 109 1 l4pm 90 92 99 101 98 100 i dis par . - - - i dis }pm 22 23 132 135 10 10, 23 24 100 102 100 102 es 100 84 88 27 28 32 33 32 33 45 47 124 126 119 121 100 102 120 122 410 118 5 1 1 { U.2:51 6.4.0 19.16.4 12.10 SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. paid. l Closing i Business Price. done. 7i 8 51 6i 94 96 105 106 5 6 41 42 194 11 19 194 54i 555 47 49 33 35 90 91 291 301 101 106 111 112 108 109 130 132 103 105 70i 71 65 58 1051 106 57 59 115 117 45 47 90! 91} 93 91 10 11 45a 46a 5 6 [27i_128 1 1 99 101 8 6dl 62 64 62/ 63i 101 101 k }d 64 58} 90k POI 91 96 4i 4j 10i loi 80 01 120 122 38 39 95 97 754 76 60 62 94 95 5 6 37a 381 7 i 8} P 5 6 55i 661 24 34 i d ip 84 87 12i 13 51 6i 48 60 46 48 88 90 71 702 2 1051 k 116 46i 94 44 6 } 53 1278 8 71 90} } 90 TALS. Business Done. THE SIT , (O 'DON, WEDNESDAY ti.`, VENILTG, NOYE'VI3isI 6, 1861. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid, 100 all all all all 100 5} 6i 70 75 65 70 65 70 5 61 Closing Prlce. 55 60 994 100; 41 4f d 19.1 20 c 102 103 02 101 100 101 100 100 19i 20 60 62 50 53 34 36 40 43 32 34 32 34 99i 1001 id el OD 100 < Of 10 tOt 104 06 100 89 Ci 2 , 90 92 99 100 92 91 4 6 3 5 102 103 id 97 99 I I d Kai iWayE. lAtJanne & St Lawrence I Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind, Gu. 5 per cent... Do Do. Bunlo an d LaKe Huron Do. New Do. Preference Bulralo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. Ct. bds. Aug. 1,187 z Do. do. July 1, 18; 3 Do. ,10. Jinni 1, i1i.74 4. ._lcutta.. , :,S.Eastii. ) Cape, Eastn. Prov. (Lim ) Cape Town 4: Dock Seri', Ceylon Guarantd. 5 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, cm. 5 p. c. Do. F Shaiii Ext.., Do. Jubbulpore Do. pc. Debontrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1861 Do. 180-1870 Grand 'Prank of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. o Gt. South.of dia (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent, Do. do. IGi.W,ofCanada Shares Do. plew Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 51 p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras guar., 44 p. c... Do. d0..5 per cent..... p. C. Extension ' Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Newßruns wick zt Canda Ry.SzLand(Lim.)g.6pc . Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde Do. Punjaub .... Ls ,t 1 Do. Do. Do. Indus. S t. Flo. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. luainess donf LJTV IN7ELLIG_ENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron and Barons Bramwell, Channell, and Wilde.) HATCH V. LEWIS. In this case it will be remembered Mr. Chambers obtained a rule last term for a new trial on the ground of insuffi - ciency of damages—the jury only giving Mr. Hatch 40s. damages when he sued Messrs. Lewis, the attornies, of Ely-place, for damages for neglect at his trial. Mr. Sergeant Shee was heard against the rule on Mon day, and Mr. Garth this morning concluded the arguments in support of it. The court was unanimously of opinion that the rule ought to he discharge. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) RICHARDS V. NIXON. This was an action for Ihe recovery of a bill of exchange. The point in dispute appeared to be whether the bill had been offered to be paid before a writ was issued thereon. The Judge gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, one farthing. SHERIFFS' COURT. TRH CITY SOLICITOR AND THE ACTIONS AGAINST SIR H. MUGGERIDGE. At the sitting of this court this morning Charles Pear son, Esq., the City solicitor, begged permission to address the court upon a subject which had annoyed him consider ably. Some proceedings had taken place in this court, occupying the attention of a large number of persons ; and he (Mr. Pearson) was surprised to find that the plaintiff, Charles Pearson, was set forth to the public as the nephew of the City solicitor, bringing an action against Alderman Sir Henry Muggeridge, and thus, as it were, introducing the City solicitor upon the scene, making him a party to an action against his superiors. As to the plaintiff being the nephew to the City solicitor, he (Mr. Pearson) had no inten tion of disclafining the relationship ; but he had yet to learn that it was customary to go through the pedigree of a plaintiff. The young man was thirty years of ago, and had filled many situations and was really a most respectable young man, but he (Mr. Pearson) had no control over him. Now he (Mr. Pearson) wished it to be distinctly understood that he had no knowledge of the proceedings involving the name of the Lord Mayor and Sir Henry Muggeridge, Mr. Pearson's superior officers, and, added the learned gentle man, "If I had known of any such proceeding I should certainly have set my face against it. In conclusion, while thanking you for the opportunity of making these few observations, I may say that I regret my name has been introduced at all, as I would not have lent myself to such an action." His Honour was of opinion that the character of the learned gentleman stood too high for a statement of fast in the public press to injure him. (It was stated upon oath by the. plaintiff that he was the nephew of the City Solicitor, so the blame does not rest upon the reporter.] MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. —(This Day.) • (Before the Assistant Judge.) eurnma AND Daniel Gilmore, a sailor, was indicted for cutting and wounding Mary Shay, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, Mary Ann Shay said, on the 25th of October, she was in Ratcliff Highway, where sho saw the prisoner struggling with a girl. She went up, when ho turned round upon her (witness) and attacked her with a knife. He inflicted some very severe wounds on her hand, when the police came np, and ho was taken into custody. He was quite sober. Mary Lacy said she was with the prisoner on the night in question. She had a quarrel with him, when she saw him take a knife from behind him, and then he began striking out right and left. She saw the prisoner inflict several wounds on the prosecutrix. Mr. Ross, a surgeon, described the nature of the wounds. Geor g e Parsons, a policeman, said he saw the prisoner prisoner, after he had stabbed the woman. He picked up the knife in the road, and then he asked the prisoner if he had stabbed the woman. Ho replied yes, and that he had done it to defend himself. He did not see any quarrelling. The prisoner said he was attacked by a number of drunken men and women, and he drew the knife to defend himself, nothing more. He certainly drew the knife, and had he not done so, he should have been half-killed. He did not know whether it was man or woman he cut. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended him to mercy. The assistant judge sentenced him to three months' imprisonment, at the same time informing him that had the jury not recommended him to mercy, he would have passed a very severe sentence upon him, as the use of the knife was very un-English, and it was to be regretted that sailors were allowed to carry it in the manner they did. THE BOOKSTEALING BY TWO YOUNG LADIES, It will be recollected that these two young ladies, who, when taken into custody, gave the assumed names of Long and Murray, were committed for trial by Mr. Henry, the magistrate at Bow-sued police court, for stealing books from the shops of Mr. Carter and Mr. Lacy, booksellers in the Strand. Mr. Humphries, who appeared for the pri soners, made a strong appeal to the magistrate to deal with the case in a summary manner. The young ladies, he said, were the daughters of a gentleman of affluence and high position in society, and had been educated in India; and he 'could only account for the unfortunate position in which his clients had placed themselves by imagin ing that they were suffering from a sort of mono mania, as their position placed them high above want, and their means of purchasing all they required were ample. Mr. Henry refused to accede to the proposition of the learned gentleman, saying his duty compelled him to send them both for trial, as the offence was not confined to one act, but on the contrary they appeared to have been most artfully contrived. The prisoners, it appeared from the evidence, entered several booksellers' shops on the pretence of purchasing books for school prizes, and whilst they were being shown the articles they contrived to secrete several of them in a black leather bag, which they carried underneath their shawls ; and, in order to get out of the shop without making a purchase, they directed the books they selected to be sent to a fictitious address. The counsel engaged for the two prisoners this morning mentioned their case to the learned judge. Mr. Bodkin said a great deal of unnecessary embellish ment had been made about this case; about the position the girls previously occupied in society, and also the affluent circumstances of the father, who it was said was a gentle man much higher in position than any person present in the police court when the girls were committed for trial. He wished to know whether the father was now present P The learned counsel said he was not. With respect to the statements in the newspapers he was not accountable for that. Mr. Bodkin thought when he postponed passing sentence yesterday some explanation would have been given that morning. With respect to position in society he should not let that have the slightest influence with him, as he should deal with the case precisely in the same way as if it had been that of the lowest person who swept the streets. With respect to the reports in the newspapers, Mr. Humphries must have made some observations of the nature ho had referred to, as he was not a gentleman likely to exceed his instructions. As the father was not in attendance, he should like to know if he would come supposing he again deferred passing sentence until to-morrow. __,.... - The learned counsel said he did not think it was at all likely he would attend. His appearance would only be at tended with great pain, and would lead to still greater pub licity. Mr. Bodkin thought something ought to be known about the prisoners for their own sake. He would either pass sentence now or defer it until he was put into possession of the circumstances connected with the prisoners. The learned counsel said he would rather the case was disposed of now ; the required information should be sent to the bench. Mr. Bodkin would at once do so; and if, after sentence was passed, from what was communicated to him, he should feel inclined to alter the punishment, he would make the necessary application to the proper quarter. The two young girls were then put in front of the dock. Mr. Bodkin addressing them said they had both pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging them with purloining books, and both had declined to give the slightest in formation that might enable the Court to make inquiries about them. It was not the case of persons destitute of the means of existence, but they were placed in a position much above that. They appeared to have been well educated, and to have been taught the dif ference between good and evil. so position rather aggra vated the offence than otherwise. If he was satisfied by the information that was to be forwarded to him that both of them were to be sent out of England or to the colonies, which he thought was the best thing that could be done to enable them to retrieve their character, or that secure steps would be taken to protect the public against a repetition of the offence, he would communicate with the Government with a view of obtaining a remission or alteration of the punishment he felt it his duty now to inflict, The sentence of the Court was that they both be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the space of nine months. THE WEATHER. PROBABLE BEFORE FRIDAY. Nortk Britain .. S.W. to N. and N.E., strong; rain or snow. Ireland S.W. to N., fresh to gale; rain or snow. East Coast S.W. to N.W. ; similar. South England. Similar. Letters from Paris mention that the belief is increasing daily of a large loan being urgently required. It is said that, in order to facilitate it, announcements or reports will be circulated of an intended reduction in the army, and that probably even some steps will be taken to give temporary colour to them. The bullion in the Bank of France remains stationary, and the amounts drawn on London on the credit of £2,000,060 have thus far been small. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISCHARGING FIREWORKS.—Henry Hughes, a lad, was charged before Mr. Beadon with discharging fireworks iu the streets. Capes, 132 F, said he was called the previous night to Tower-street, where he found some boys letting off fire works, and the prisoner with a squib in his hand going off at the time. The Itul—lt was nut a squib ; it was a cracker. (Laugh er.) Mr. Beadon—lt makes little difference ; but what was it, constable? Constable—l don't know, but it exploded four times. :Laughter.) Mr. Beadon—Then it was a cracker. The lad—lt was given to me by another boy. Mr. Beadon—You may depend upon it if the practice is continued, in spite of all attempts by the legislature to sup press it, I will punish all who are brought before me. lam glad it is the only charge of the kind brought before me to-day. Mr. Beadon fined the lad 10s., or seven days. THAMES. AN EXPENSIVE DRUNKARD.—Margaret Macksey, a dissipated-looking woman, aged 40, formerly servant and housekeeper to a publican named Gray, who bequeathed to her and her two sons a large income, was brought before Mr. Woolrych charged with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Mr. F. H. Potter, who manages the business of the Prince of Prussia public-house, in Cologne-street, Stepney. _ ft appeared from the statement made by Mr. Pctter that the prisoner had money left her to supply her with drink, in addition to an income for ordinary purposes, and her usual supply daily consisted of six quarterns of brandy, five pints of ale, and six quarterns of rum. (Sensation.) Mr. Woolrych—Why, then, she must bo always drunk. Mr. Potter—No. If she don't exceed that quantity, which is generally sent to her own dwelling at No. 1, Cologne-street, she is very quiet, but if she exceeds that she becomes outrageous. _ _ Mr. Woolrych—l should think she would become out rageous before she finished her daily allowance. Mr. Potter said the prisoner came to his house in the morning and was noisy. Mr. Woolrych—Then I suppose she had finished her five pints of ale, six quarterns of brandy, and several measures of gin at a very early hour. Mr. Potter said he did not know how that was, but she came again in the evening and was intoxicated. She de manded liquor, and on his refusal to supply her with auy she abused him, and made use of the most horrible language towards him and his wife. It was so filthy he could not repeat it. He endeavoured to eject the prisoner, and while turning her out at the door she set a dog on him. The animal bit his shin, which he would exhibit to the magi strate. Mr. Woolrych said he had no curiosity to see Mr. Pot er's leg. The prisoner, in defence, said she was a good customer at the King of Prussia, and was insulted. Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner must be a profitable cus tomer indeed with her six quarterns of brandy, five pints of ale, and ho did not know how many quarterns of gin. Why, the money she expended in strong drinks would keep half a dozen poor families. There was no doubt the prisoner was a violent, foul-mouthed, dissipated woman, and if she was brought before him again under similar circumstances he would punish her. She was then discharged. THE LADY BARRYMORB OF THE DISTRIM—AIice Eliza beth Collyer, a most turbulent and disorderly woman, about 45 years of age, who looked 70, and who has been in custody 200 times for being drunk and disorderly, and repeatedly convicted, was brought before Mr. Woelrych charged with attempting to defraud the Guardians of Mile-end Old town of a glass of port wine. It was stated in evidence by Mr. Robert Gifford, relieving officer, and Mr. Thomas Moffatt, porter at the Mile-end workhouse, that the prisoner's husband was a most respect able man, a foreman cooper in the St. Katherine's Docks, and many years separated from his incorrigibly drunken wife. He allowed her 3s. per week through the parish officers. The prisoner was sometimes in and sometimes out of the workhouse, and when she was drunk she was the terror of publicans and shopkeepers and an annoy ance to the inhabitants of the district—in fact, as noisy, mischievous, and violent as the celebrated " Lady Barry more," of Bow-street and Drury-lane notoriety. It hap pened that the medical officer of Mile-end Old•town had ordered a glass of port wine for a poor child afflicted with the small-pox. A girl received the wino on Monday, and yesterday a second glass of wine was put by in a bottle at the porter's lodge. The prisoner by some means obtained an order for another glass of wine from the medical officer, and it was presented to the relieving officer. The attempted imposition was detected, the wino was refused and the prisoner was ordered about her business. She refused to leave Mr. Gifford's °fan and made use of foul and abusive language, and by her unseemly behaviour caused a great many persons waiting for relief to be detained. The prisoner said she had been nursing the child afflicted with the smallpox, and that she went to the workhouse to get a glass of wine for it, and intended to convey the wine direct to the child. • Mr. Gifford and Mr. Moffatt said the prisoner was such an incorrigible drunkaid, they were satisfied 'she would have drunk the wine directly if it had been given to her. Mr. Woolrych said there was no doubt the prisoner was a most disorderly woman, for she had been several times before him in the course of the few months he had been a magistrate. There was a doubt as to her intentions in the present case, and he discharged her. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A limited supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this mozning's market, and the trade ruled firm, at Monday's advance in the quotations. In foreign wheat a fair business was transacted, and the currencies were well maintained. The imports this week have been very moderate. There was no activity in the demand for floating cargoes, nevertheless prices ruled firm. Malting barley moved off slowly, at barely late rates. Other kinds, however, wore firm in value. In malt the trade was in a sluggish state, yet no altera tion took place in prices. Good and fine oats sold steadily, at full quotations ; but other kinds were a dull inquiry. Beans and peas being in limited supply, changed hands at extreme rates. The flour trade was steady, at very full prices. ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. 760 610 800 — 630 sack - . Irish. 7,720 1,100 9,790 —sta. 5,550 brie. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat aro only moderato, and the trade rules firm, as fol'ows : Beef from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; veal, Fs 10d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 48 Od to os 2d per 8119 s. BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops are in fair request, at full prices. The demand for inferior samples, however, is far from active, yet no change has taken place in their value. THE COTTON TRADE. The sales of cotton for the week, as made up on Thursday evening, amount to 62,550 bales, of which speculators have taken 28,250, exporters b,870, and spinners 28,400 bales. These sales are swelled by the operations during Friday and Saturday of last week, which, as recorded in the Albion of Monday, reached 40,000 bales, leaving only 22,550 as the transactions of the four subsequent days, the height to which prices have advanced rendering purchasers much more cautious, and checking that eagerness to operate so appa rent for some time past. The effect upon prices has been to reduce Americans id. per pound on qualities below good middling, the better descriptions being held with great firmness, while Surats, Brazils, and Egyptians maintain their previous rates. It was not to be expected, whatever the peculiarity and strength of the influences bearing upon us favourable to an advance in the value of cotton, that heavy purchases on the part of speculators, such as we have latterly seen, could continue, week after week, with out cessation, or that the increasing value of cotton could go on unchecked ; and the position this market is in this week arises from the pause in the operations of all c lasses of buyers, neither speculators, exporters, nor spinners, force. Whenever any disposition to enter the market in Whenever this feeling changes, as it soon may, a further advance in prices is expected instantly to take place, for none of the influences affecting the market are changed, and opinion gains ground that the war will last longer than expected. How far such views are correct, the result will show ; in the meantime they act with full weight, for holders would not, even now, meet an increased demand without putting up prices ; it is the insignificance of the transactions that causes their weakness. Tho pause in this market has given a check to the operations of buyers in Manchester, who previously seemed, in some degree, to view the advance in prices hero as a natural effect of dimi• nished supplies, and were beginning to act upon it, but our sudden pause has caused a complete :collapse in that market, and the transactions this week have been on a very limited scale. The advices from Calcutta and Bombay, re ceived this week, per telegraph from Malta, are again of a favourable character, more especially from the former, the largest market in the East, where the purchases of shirt ings are stated to be extensive at advancing prices, with yarns also higher. At Bombay imports are reported active at better prices. On Monday 2,500 bales were sold, including 500 on speculation and for export ; and 2,500 to day, of which 1,500 are on speculation and for export. stock FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 20 Algerian .. 5 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam. all 6} 65 20 Ardennes .. all -- —p 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 135 5 pr 5 Belgian East. Junction all 5 5 5 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 91 10/ 100 Copiapo .............. all 10 Ditto Extension all 4 85 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 1 t }p 20 Eastern of France .... all 23 z 4 20 Grand Rue ( )mar. 6p. a all 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 85 9 9} 185 20 Italian Junction ...... all 20 Lierre & Turnhout all 20 Lyons & Geneva, ...... all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 8 81 20 Do. 6p. o. Pref. ........ all 191 20 18 Northern of France.... all 88 39 18 Do. New Shares ,—.. 15 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 81 41 9 : 2 00 0 p P aa Reciferrir s s , L a& y o o sr n . l Fran. , ar & na nB ll .. l i e i tt . :r.i allal 5 4 2 0 6 4 4 1 41 gua. 7_p. ct. lira . . 17 31 3 d 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 18.8. 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 5 Royal Swedish ........ all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... ail 61 61 65 10 Do. 51 P per cent. Pref..... all 85 9 20 San aulo, lira, g. 7p. c. 4 1 I'i s l 1 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 16 5 1 165 17 26 Southern of France.... all 241 251 . 20 S. East Po" al 7 p et. 4 ----- 85 West Fla I'D ........ all 71 71 i tl,% 10 Do. 51 p. c. eference all 95 104 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 205 211 20 West"rn of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden ...... . . ... all 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref : . all 20 Zealand BRITISH MINES. _ ... Alfred Consols (Maack) 3.2.10 5 5 20 British Iron Clifford nil 27 32 Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ) 1 365 875 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 67 72 East Caradon 2.14.6 28} 265 E. WI Russel (Tavistk , 7.4.0 25 3 25 Gam.&St.Aubyn(G wen ) 515 11 13 Great South Tolgus... 17s 45 5 G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack: - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 5 51 Grenville 6.8.0 1} 15 Herod's-Foot 8.12 325 331 331 ilingston Downs 4.11.6 4} 41 45 Lady Bertha .-- Margaret (t.Tny Lelant) W 40. 42 North Downs 25 411 45 45 North Frances (Mogan) 111 2i 24 N.Wh'l Basset (Illo;an) 1.14.0 35 4} North Wheal Crotty Par Consols(St. Blazey) 1} 71 81 20 I'rovidence(UnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 42 44 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 4 5 5 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 290 100 I S. Cam Brea (Illo,gan) 5.9.0 41 45 1 ,S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all 4 5 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.11.1 US 105 ,Stray Park 5 ,Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 45 15 11 10 Tin Crolt 9 6 131 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 135 6d 1 West Basset (Illogan) l5 145 155 I W. Caradon (Liskeard)' 5 39 41 IWe s t Soton Wheal Basset (Mogan)! 5/ 80 85 Wheal Buller(Redrutl)! 5 75 65 IVhlta 'Edward (Gals.)! 75 14 2 Wheal Kitty (C.Lclant) 1.7.2 5 6 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.); 8 I 131 111 IWheal Tretawney (Lis.)l 7 146 15 FOREIGN MINES. I if id ict bad ali 2 dls. 34 36 6 8 1 2 23 24 P 7 8 A pr id 2 4 1 1} pr Id 7I 1 T SEC U 1108 113 107 109 107 109 101 102 106 108 107 108 108 109 98 100 98 99 984 994 108 i 109 i 1 1044 105 51 501 COLONIAL GOVERb Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 Do 6 p. cent.lBBo-2 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb... Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. (15 Sept. Do. 5 per cent Cape G.llope, 6 p c,lBBO Do. 1890 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. U ov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c.. 1871 to 1876 Do. p.c., 1888 Az upwde Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling*, 1875 S. Aus,G6p.c.lB7B.tt up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. do. 6 p.c. ApAzOot si 71 I ,ITIES. 991 81 104! ; f DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.3lin lOO stock East and West India stock London stock St. Katharine. lOO 63 65 631 4 stock Southampton lOO stock Victoria .... 100 96 98 20 Do , New .—..— --...a...; 2 ll 4 d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 AgratUnitedService Bk 50 85 t 7 86 40 !Australasia all 69 61 601 25 Bank of Egypt all 204 211 100 Ba,lc of London 20 (Bank of Turkey 50 'British North American all 53 6o 20 iChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 191 002 20 25 I Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch all 51 33 100 ICity 100 1C010nia1........ 25 88 40 881 20•11 I Com. Bank of Canada all 100 (Commercial of London 2O 20 !Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 161 171 li 17 20 !Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 21 241 20 Do. new lO 3 34 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Atrican lO 4 pr 100 London & Westminster 20 70 72 , 701 100 Nat. Prov. of England 12 . 1 20 Do. new l2 50 National Bank ........ 25 2G New South Wa1e5...... all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 49 60 49 21 i 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland.. 25 83 10 Do. new. all 25 South Australia ..c ... all 25 Union of Australia .... all 38 39 384 9 50 Union of London 100 Unity Mutual.. 6O —- 51 I SC E LLANYOU S. ~. 10 Anglo-Mexican:Mint . all 15 16 10 Atlantic R. All . Stm (Id , ) all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 2 6 30 0 24 CDOn. Ba 25 Australian Agricultural 19 27 29 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 51 Bri tish ap :n e.atni c ia riu:Basn2 (Lim.)Land all4o 50 B.&L Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 Do. C. (Limited) .. ... all 911 .. : ..... all 107 110 10 Chan.lslands T ....(...... all — lB 20 st. Cop.Min.ofEng&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 7 per cent. .. all 15 17 st. Crystal Palace ........ 100 11536 st. Do. Preference .. . i 100 95 98 e; : 4151 pri 3-41 P at. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb. ' 100 106 108 20 E.lndia Irrign. At Canal st. Electric Telegraph .... 2 5 5 En D g o li . s N h e st w A . ...... . ;:) . r . ii; 15 Gen. Steam Navigati in 14 1 Great Ship Limited)... all 1 i 1 Do. 174 pct Preference all 6 I 5 Lon. District TeL (Lim.) 44 ._ 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 14 20 Madras Irr. and Canal.. 1 1 42 I 2 10 Sled. Exten. Tel. (Lim.)l all 44 41 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.), 5 i d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 11 g d 10 Netherlands Land all .7_ „:2 5 Do.Bp.e.Prec..iss.atl dia all i ; 100 N.Br.&NovaSeotiaLand 81 7 12 1 N . B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 11 it 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 1 11 IR•I nd.&3lln.(Litn) 100 47 50 at. Fee • J Pen. & Oriental Steam all 69 71 704 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim ) 10 5 6 52 6 50 50 Do. New all 164 171 50 Rhymney Iron all 41 51 1g Do. New 6O 48 50 20 Red Searirln.Tel.g. 4 lp.e all 184 191 19 I (L'm ) 100 130 140 Austln. nv. i . Et. Scot. Australian Land all 33 35 331 1 25 South . el. Scrip al i # 1 Submarine T 1 Do. do. • d ` a l l Itegistere 'all 4 6 Do. do 10 Agency of 100 Royal Mail Steam 10 Trust and A u strlasia (lim)ist is 1 id i P 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. ol Upr . ) 1 Can. 5 Id 5 U. li'domTeL Co. (iim. 2 p r 100 an Dioava'd band 20 1031 3 2} IITER47'UItE. The Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.Cdr. By Major-General Elers Napier, author of " Reminiscences of Syria." Two Vols. Hurst and. Blackett. These volumes will probably be received with cordiality by a public that is always attracted by deeds of naval daring, and which generally makes amends to its naval heroes for the coldness of officials or the jealously of rivals by the readiness of its approval and the warmth of its admiration. Sir Charles Napier, the subject of these volumes, had many of the qualities which fit a man to shine in the profession which he chose, and had circumstances been more favourable to him in the earlier part of his career, there is little doubt that ho would have won even greater distinction. The victor of Cape St. Vincent, Boharsef, and Acre was no common commander, and it must always be a matter of regret that seventeen of the best years of his life were passed in retirement and inaction. It was, indeed, impossible for so energetic and fiery a spirit to remain in total idleness, and, unfortunately for himself, he became engaged in a pro ject for establishing iron steamboats on the Seine, which resulted in the loss of the greatest part of his private property. Even in his early years the same energy and daring were remarkable. When only twenty-two he was in command of a small frigate in the West Indies, and was mainly in strumental in capturing a French line-of-battle ship. The French Admiral, on surrendering his sword, asked the name of the little vessel that had ham pered his movements so much, and on being told that it was the " Recruit," replied with a melan choly smile, " Recruit ! no, that no conscript, that one very old soldier !" In testimony to his ser vices on that occasion, Captain Napier was imme diately removed into the captured "D'Haupoult" by Sir Alexander Cochrane, but the Admiralty, as usual, undid the work, an d suspended him iu his command, although confirming him in his rank. This was the first of many similar mortifications. In later years Sir Charles provoked the antagonism of a large and prejudiced party by the invaluable assistance he rendered to the constitutional cause in Portugal. His brilliant services on that occasion form one of the brightest pages in his history, and excited the warmest enthusiasm among the Portu guese. Many years later the gallant sailor was appointed to command the expedition to Syria, where he won fresh laurels at Boharsef and Acre. These memorable days rank him among our naval heroes, and, whatever mistakes or faults of temper may have chequered his later career, they must render his name illustrious in those annals of triumphs on the deep that are among an English man's proudest possessions. After the conclusion of the Syrian expedition, Admiral Napier added but little to his fame. He entered Parliament, where he did good service in exposing the corruptions of the navy, until 1854 when he accepted the com mand of the Baltic fleet. Upon this vexed question we will not enter, since it reflects but little credit on any of the parties concerned. The editor of these volumes, Major-Gen. Napier, the stepson of the lamented Admiral, is well qualified to enter upon a somewhat arduous undertaking. With a sincere admiration and affection for his adopted father, he combines an intimate acquaintance with all the in cidents of his career and a pcwer of narrating events with true soldierlike simplicity and straight forwardness. The daring " Black Charles" who was a terror to the enemy., is shown to have been as remarkable for his kindness and affectionate care at home as for his dashing courage abroad. In one respect these memoirs fully'realise the popular idea of the Napiers, who are generally as quick with the pen as with the sword, and carry out their famous motto, " Ready, aye Ready," in literary controversy as well as in the field of battle. Gen. Napier admits that his hero was always quick to resent an insult whether real or imaginary, and some of the extracts from his correspondence prove hire a formidable antagonist on foolscap no less than on board a ship of the line. It may be questioned, however, whether Sir Charles always did himself justico on these occasions, or, whether the substan tial merits of his cause did not sometimes suffer from injudicious advocacy. Many of the most important events in these volumes are narrated in his own words, and we learn from the appendix that the editor has been compelled to omit much interesting material. Some of these papers he has inserted in the appendix, and others he hopes to introduce in a future edition. The official letters are often highly important. The Premier's gay style and unfailing tact carry him safely even through a correspondence with a Napier. We trust he will act upon one of his own observations. While writing to the Admiral be compliments him upon the efficiency of his squadron. "While our ships are in such good order," he goes on to say, " and we have enough of them at sea, our neighbours across the Channel will take care to keep quiet. Diplomatists and protocols are very good things, but there are no better peace-keepers than well appointed three-deckers." The work is one of great interest, and can scarcely fail to meet with the attention it deserves. Unfortunately for Sir Charles Napier, the last years of his life were not the most brilliant. Had he died after securing Donna, Maria on the throne, or fallen during the Syrian expedition, the winner of the action off Capo St. Vincent, or, still more, the captor of Acre would have been bewailed as the worthy successor of Nelson and Dundonald. But though his latter days were passed in a mismanaged and ill-fitted ex pedition and in angry controversy with officials, we must not forget that it was the same old sea lion who once established constitutional government in Portugal, and dictated terms to the terrible Mehe met Ali. We must pay him the honour due to those exploits, and it must be a matter of gratification to all interested in our naval history that one who was so great an ornament to his profession has now a worthy chronicle of his achievements. Forest Creatures. By Charles Boner, author of " Chamois Hunting in Mountains of Bavaria." Longman and Co. This volume contains some very curious particu lars concerning certain deniiens of the woods with which the author has been on intimate, though per haps not friendly terms, The animals treated of are few, but then they are those of note, and rank among the highest order of game. The first on the list is the boar, which is allowed by all to be one of, if not the boldest and most gallant animals of the chase, both in the extensive forests of Northern Europe and in the tangled jungles of tropical India. After describing the habits of the Knight of Bristles, and the mode in which he is hunted in Ger many, the author goes on to describe certain pecu liarities which are not very creditable to the " Knightly beast," as he has always been termed by true lovers of wood craft and writers on " the noble art of venery." Writing of the female, he informs us, that " she is a good mother, though, on occasions, she devours her young, and strangely enough such unnatural conduct grows epidemic. Hardly has one mother thus trespassed against nature, when others begin to follow her example, and litter after litter is thinned by the like atrocity." The only way to put a stop to this unnatural depravity seems to be to exterminate the evil-doers root and branch, and so end at once the allurement and example. It would seem that this taste for canni balism is not confined to the mothers, for the males have sometimes a penchant for little porkers. A forester, who had been watching their proceedings from his look-out, informed the author that an old boar would knock down some little sucking-pig and then bite it, when the rest would join in the scuffle and devour it. One old boar he observed ap proach a troop of young pigs, and taking one in his mouth, as a pointer would carry a partridge, trot off with it. As the boar was retreating he fired and wounded it, but, nothing daunted, it returned the next night, when another bullet put an end to its systematic infanticide. The vast forests of Germany afford excellent shelter, and although at the present time the boars are very numerous, their number cannot be compared to what it must have been a few centuries ago. " From the ehgAamnnee book kept by Duke William the Fourth, Domini 1545, still preserved learn that eighty fourin the archives of Upper Bavaria , w ere w e kefilledtte between Easter ast l e n r a nd t wildh boarselast dap the diary kept by Duke Albert the Fifth, 1355- 1579, besides all ofher sorts of game, 51 boars w ere s hot in one year, in 1576, 107; and in 1577, 104, all with his own hand. The greater part of the volume is devotQd to the various species of the deer tribe, and it is curious to note to what excesses the mania for field sports carried the princes, nobles and even the ecclesiastics of olden times. William the Conqueror enacted that " whosoever should slay stag, hart or hind, him man should blind." This was, however, mild punishment, for in Germany death was the penalty for poaching. The clergy were not behind hand in vindicatinc , "their rights. "In 1537, the Archbishop Michael of Salzbnrg had a peasant who took possession of a stag which he found dead in his own corn, sewed up in the animals skin and worried to death by his hounds, he himself looking on the while. In 1562 a poacher was taken in Hesse. The Landgrave, in his great mercy, remitted the sentence of death; but the man was tortured, his right eye put out, and a stag's antlers branded on his forehead." The above are but a few of the barbarities practised to ensure the preservation of game. The stags' antlers possess a peculiarity not to be found in the bovine race. Tho stag sheds his antlers annually, and each year the new ones possess an additional point, the nt u e m: ber of which determines his age and denomini Thus he is first a brocket, when at two e e (= h es e receives his brow antlers ; a year l ater he b a rs a staggard, and when another year has pAss.f,:d he is only a stag. When there are ten points to the antlers he is a "warrantable stag," and whon each beam is surmounted by a triple prong the is denominated a "royal" hart. The weight of ',lie antlers varies, according to their size and mass."' ness, from ten, twelve, to fifteen punds, although sometimes the weight is much greater; those of a stag of twenty-four killed in Dess-aa weighed 32 pounds. The reproduction of the slag's horn is in itself a pheno mena; but it becomes still more curious when we know that the laws whi c h determine its formation are directly the reverse of tho se w hi ch govern the growth of the horn in other animals—in our domestic cattle, for instance. The process is a wholly different one. The horns of oxen are known to be more developed than those of the bull ; while the stag's antlers aro the emanation of his perfect non emasculated state. So intimately is their formation con nected with the generative system, that should these organs be mutilated the antlers suffer in proportion. They either take an imperfect slanted form, or do not shoot forth at all. If such injury occur during the period that the stag's head to use an heraldic term, is "armed," the animal will never more cast his horn, and as it then is so will it remain here after. The author informs us that a good forester ought to be able to tell by the " slot" whether a stag or deer has passed over the ground, and furthermore, the age of the beast. He explains that the stag treads clean, leaving a well-defined foot mark, the sides of the hoofclosing together as he puts his foot down, and leaving on soft ground a fine ridge across the centre; while the female treads anyhow, and leaves a slovenly " slot." In describing the golden eagle, Mr. Boner gives a most interesting account of the capture of a young eaglet by Count Arco at Bohrmoos, in Allgau, an estate be longing to Prince Frederick Wildburg-Wolfegg- Waldose, thirty miles from the Lake of Constance. After many days of patient watching he succeeded in shooting the parent birds. When the real diffi culty begun, he ultimately reached the eyrie, after ascending 110 feet on three rickety ladders joined together. Other adventures of this daring bird fancier on a grand scale are equally interesting. Want of space prevents us from giving insertion to extracts, which are well worthy of perusal; but for an accurate description of the animals of which the author has had any experience, among which are the boar, roe, red deer, fallow deer, capercarle, black cock, golden eagle, &0., &c., this book may be considered as an authority. Israel in Egypt. A Poem. By Edwin Ather stone, author of " The Fall of Nineveh." " The Handwriting on the Wall," &c. Longman. A poem, in blank verse, consisting of 27 books, and representing the struggles of mankind under the influence of Satanic agencies is a somewhat ad venturous undertaking. The taste of the age is not especially poetic, and after Milton's great epic any modern attempt seems insignificant. Mr. Atherstone, however, is no inexperienced writer. His former works have attracted attention and obtained for him a creditable reputation. His sub jects have all been drawn from the inspired pages, and have been mostly those in which some awful manifestation of Divine wrath has been called forth by the wickedness and perversity of man. The fall of Nineveh and the destruction of Babylon were subjects of this class, and the volume before 113 concerns a still more striking page in the sacrctl, history. The mission of Moses, the stubbornm. , q of Pharoah, the ten terrible plagues, the departure of the Israelites, and the final overthrow of the Egyptians in the Red Sea, are all represented in these pages, while a store human interest is interwoven in the story of Rachel and her lover. The spirits of evil play a prominent part, and since this bears some appearance or copying the great author of " Paradise Lost," the writer thus speaks of it in the preface :—" In adopt ing a portion of that machinery which was so Magnificently treated by Milton, the present writer had assuredly no thought of imitating, far less of vying with, that sublimest of all poets. Perhaps, on the contrary, he may be thought more justly liable to the charge of audacity for having in so many important points presumed to differ from him. In one simile will be found the only image which he has consciously borrowed from him or from any other poet ; and even in that instance, the variation is so considerable, that the theft will not, he hopes, be regarded as a serious crime." There are many passages of much force and 'vigour in the volume before us, and it will probably find many admirers among those who are attracted by works of this character. THE VALLEY OF THE DAPPES. The following article from the Temps throws some further light on the circumstances connected with the original settlement —or, more correctly, non-settlement—of the question bearing on the little strip of territory now in dispute : " S witzerland, which was in possession of the valley before the Rcvulution, ceded it in 1802, but had it restored to her in 1814, at the time of the first treaty of Paris. The general act of the treaties of Vienna ratified the right of Switzer land in Art. 75 by these words—' The Valley of the Dappes having formed part of the canton of Vaud, is restored to it.' The second treaty of Paris constrained France to make fresh sacrifices. As a part of them benefited Switzerland, the four Great Courts consented to support the pretensions of the French Government to the Valley of Dappes, and by a collective note of the 19th November, 1815, they declared them well-founded, in consi deration of much more important cessions of ter ritory made by France to the Confederation. How ever, adds the note, the Swiss Envoy in Paris not being authorised to consent to this retrocession, it could not be inserted in the treaty of peace; but the Powers engaged to use their influence with Switzer land to obtain her consent, and they interfered, but without success, three years after. Thus, on the one side, Switzerland has in her favour the formal right and the letter of treaties, and on the other France has the collective declaration of the great Powers. The latter, which had just regulated the territoral state of the whole of Europe had a right to extend their high jurisdiction over this strip of land, par ticularly after having in 1814 and 1815 enriched Switzerland with the spoils of France. The con sent of Switzerland remained, it is true, reserved, but in 1815 the clause was at least singular, and can only be explained by the favour which Switzerland enjoyed with the allied Powers on account of her not very glorious expedition into Franche-Comte, undertaken under the aus pices of some petty Swiss Patricians, brought by events to the momentary direction of affairs. Such is the position as regards right. As to fact, France, grounding her claim on the recognition of her right by the great Powers, has never allowed Switzerland to exercise full sovereignty, and Switzerland on her side has constantly reserved her rights. Such a state of things afforded ample matter for negotiations, and they have not been wanting. They have been going on since 1816 on the subject of this strip of road, and always without coming to any thing. The last negotiations opened in 1858 ap peared for a moment to have more chance of suc cess than the preceding ones, and the offe rs made by the French Govern me nt were most France reasonable. According to the arrangement pr o po sed , v w e o r uld sed hbayvethreecreoivaded, w t h he ich pa i r s t n o e f e e t s h s s e valley rytosectura re her communications between two parts of her ter ritory, and Switzerland would have preserved the t wo slopes - of the Jura, that is to say, the Dole, which forms for her an excellent frontier. France, moreover, offered an indemnity of 350,000 fr. for the portion of territory ceded. The Government of Vaud, which is more particularly interested since the Valley of the Dappes forms part of that Can ton, would have been disposed to settle the inter minable question in conformity with the wishes of France, but the Federal Council, in its report to the Federal Assembly in December, 1859, recom mended the rejection of the French propositions for reasons of strategical interest." The Opinion Nationale, after referring to the document just quoted, observes : " It was impossible to recognise more formally the rights of France to the Valley of Dappe9• Un fortunately, the ill-will of the Powers has main tained this lamentable statu quo till the preseet time. The different Governments which have suc ceeded each other in France have made -fain efforts to arrive at a definitive solution, especially in 1828 and in 1835. The Imperial Cabinet made proposals to Switzerland in 1858, but was not more success ful than its predeTfortEE_____ Cheshire.th e their residence Th e gallantil Lieutenant-General Sir James Chatterton, Bart,, or h e a t v o e n h a L r l i l, eciat officer is not in his usual health. They • a f t ro te m rto m n will leav© toNNu s hortly for Brighton. Sir Culling Eardley has arrived panoteLnacitLeCth, at Claridge's Hotel, from Bedwell Park, Herts. Major-General and Mrs. Stuart have arrived at If arrancQ's IWO. fru 14 II übborne, liauts, 45 46 37 39 1011 1 75 t ; 199 7i 81 191 54i I 331 4 111 108 i 174 20 stock 20i 20e 100 100 100 stock stock stook 20 stock stook 5 1 1 20 [lOO 15 all IN all 1 10s. all all MEN i id 100 i 20 1001 q lo 1021 101 i ; - s