The Sun. — London, England, 1861-04-04 00:00:00

CONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. REDUCTION IN THE BANK RATE OF DISCOUNT. The minimum rate of discount at the Bank of England has been reduced to-day from 7to 6 per cent., and as the tendency of affairs has prepared the public for the announcement, it has not created Much commotion, although it has naturally pro duced a very favourable impression in commercial circles. The accumulation of bullion during the Past week has been very rapid, and the enquiries for money have been less extensive than might have been expected. An important improvement may, therefore, be presumed to have taken place the position of the establishment, while a further increase in its resources will probably result from payment of the bilLs due to-day, and the return, a f ew days hence, of the advances granted upon Public 'Securities until the payment of the divi dend. About £130,000 in gold, chiefly Australian, was lent into the Bank of England yesterday. The particulars have been advertised of the num ber of Brazilian 5 per Cent. Bonds, amounting together to £104,400, which have been drawn for r edemption. Continued quietude prevailed in the Liverpool cotton market yesterday, and prices remained with out any variation of importance. The sales were about 6,000 bales. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, sailing to-day, takes out—in bar silver and dollars, £77,167 ; in gold coin, £7,204; in sove reigns, £7,245 ; and in gold thread, watches, and Jewellery, £2,724. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail- Way of Canada, for the week ending the 15th ult., Wilted an increase of £1,130 compared with the t uone period last year. Towards the close of business yesterday after -4(30n the Funds presented a strong upward tend ency, and increased firmness has been apparent t his morning, Consols for money being 91f I ; I for the 18th inst.; and 92 to 92f for May. The reduction in the rate of discount is the prin eiPal cause of the prevailing buoyancy. India Stock has advanced to 2211 ; ditto 5 per Cent. r emains at 998 100; but Exchequer Bills have unproved to 6s. and ss. dis. Foreign Securities exhibit rather more buoyancy, gad the dealings have been to a fair extent. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 73-1 to 74 ; ditto, 1858, 63 4 64; ditto 4 per Cents. have improved to 991 ; .1 139 ; Mexican to 24! ; Portuguese to 45i 46 ; and Dutch 2/ per Cents. 641. Spanish Deferred remain at 41k, and Peruvian 3 per Cents. at 72/. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1861. 1860. • treat Western £39,247 £35,714 North-Western 79,290 76,619 tloy.th-Western tri ghton Itidland iouth-Eastern F. reat Northern 25 , 177 24 . 32 7 144,neashi re and Yorkshire Isristol and Exeter 6,304 6,516 ,North-Eastern L t anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ~.,w e st Midland reat Southern and Western, Ireland ~,', d inburgh and Glasgow ~,vrend Trunk of Canada `al' , 3at Western of Canada The above returns are of a most satisfactory cha huter, particularly for most of the southern lines, ° ving to the increased traffic Insual on Good Friday. 'he Northern lines, however, are an exception ; the Midland the increase being only £133, and , °ll the North Western £671. On the Great 'Ventern it amounts to £3,533 ; the South Western ~,t ° £3,650 ; the Brighton to £6.,796; the South Eastern to £4,006; the Lancashire and Yorkshire t ! £3,175, the North Eastern to £::2,019 ; the Great Aorthern to £830; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln to £1,351. On the Grand 'Trunk of Canada there is an augmentation of £1,03.5. In the Railway Share Market the dealings has been to an average extent, and prices have shown increased buoyancy, owing to the favourable traffic returns and the reduction in the rate of discount by the Bank of England. Eastern 'Counties, North 4stern (Berwick), and South-Eastern have im- Proved ss. ; Great Northern, Lancashire and lorkshire, and Great Western, I Os. ; and London aid Brighton, £1; Midland, Manchester, Sheffield, l uld Lincoln, and Norfolk, remained at about kcemer rates. The Foreign and Celonial undertakings have 'en in moderate request, and at a slight improve kent in one or two instances. South Australian 44 d Lombardo-Venetian realise 12; ; Great Western c 't Canada, Mt, and Grand Trunk of Canada, 12i ; ( t eat Indian Peninsula have declined to 944. Joint Stock Banks and Miscellaneous shares sup- Part previous values. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, 1) Per Cent. Consols Annuiti es India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent ,Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent........ 77 :Ditto 6 per Cent. ditto 51 per Cent lOO Ditto Debentures, 1858 9sa 4 Ditto 1859 :Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 3O dis COI asols for Account Uz chequer Bills £l,OOO, 2d 6 5 8 dis Ditto, Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES era zilian 5 per Cent .. E C Ditto 44 per Cent. 1860 `-',b.i.lia.n 6 per Cent . 99 - ..qUador New Consolidated w ield= 3 per Cent — Ditto Account 'eru - vian 41 per Cent — 'hitt() 3 per Cent P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. Ditto Account nuasian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 ... S ardinian 6 per Cent. .. B2} ° Panish 3 per Cent , Ditto New Deferred ~,°Panish Cert. of Coup. not funded... 54 'trkish 6 per Cent Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. -Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. 13 4 t• .th Exchange, 12 Guil. 2/ per Cent 644 'ried.tuontese 6 per Cent.;Ex. 25f. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 914 Ditto Account 21118 DAY'S SHIPPING. Loxwolf, April 4.—Wind this day at noon, Westerly; „ "ght broeze, and fine weather. PALM.OUTH, April 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Oceania, trom Rio Janeiro. Off port—Elizabeth, from Rio Janeiro Lox Bremen. COWES, April 3.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Fulton, a lteamer, from Havre, and proceeded for New York. DEAL, April 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—City of Quebec, foom the River, and sailed for Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. . m. Arrived, April 3— Despatch, steamer, from Jersey ; My '"au.te, from Portsmouth. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind w.; weather fine. Arrived, April 4—Svanen, from Alexandria ; Fanny, "'tom Cochin. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Zirtgari, of Melbourne, from the west for the Nearly 300 of the principal inhabitants of '° ll thampton have signed a requisition to the mayor of that t own to hold a public meeting "to take into consideration t he qviestion of the extension of the franchise, with the view of strongthening, the hands of the independent mem "l% of the House of Commons, by urging upon the govern kent the importance of passing, without further delay a "mpreh e nsive measure of reform." His worship has con plied:with the requisition, and has convened a public meet tlig of th e i n h a bit a nts of the borough, to be held at the kl nildhall, on Monday, the Bth ints., at eight o'clock in the ev eaing. E READING-ROOM OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 4 . notice was yesterday put up at the entrance of the : M ing - room of the British Museum, to the effect that in lilro persons having the privilege of admission will not be Itil owe Id to make use of the room for the perusal of news papers and other publication. which are not supplied from t he she Ives of the library. In cont , oquence of the consider able augmentation in the number of visitors it has been f ound a toss who go specially for th e purpose of study and r eferen c e are too often depriv e d o f th e o pp o rtunity of °b 4illing 4 leeks and the neceasaryattendance from this cause. SHARE MARKET.-(TRIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. 1 Paid. C p lo r s iee in Doneg Business Belfast and Ballymena all Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all Birk., La., and Ch June lOO Blyth and Tyne all Boat. Sleaf. and IFIId.Co all ,Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian lOO Carmarthen & Cardigan all ,Cork and Bandon all Cork, Illrock., &Passage all 'Cornwall .... Do A (A gets no div f all Do B , !Intl! 6pc Reran. all hasbeein 'd. toB Dublin & Belfast Junc Dun., Perth, &Ab. Junc ' East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasg. and S. Western I Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Do do P. do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western ..... .. Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. & Nth. Western Loud. & Sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Ennisaillen Man. Sleet. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do I shares Metropolitan Midland . . Do new.... Do TAirrilillEy. & Derbyl Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland I Do shares Mid Kent..... • • ... Do, Cray Line ewcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def New/7, Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk.. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • North British .. Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoc i, D- A stk ; A Imes no d• until epchas beenpd.B Do B stock .. • • • • .• • • Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , C.N.E. purchase DoLeeds ..... ......... Do Yort , . North London .. Do new 'orth Staffordshire • N. and S. W. Junction.. N ot. & Grantham Rail.. reebles •• • • Portsmouth Rhymney..... .. • • • • • • Scottish Central scot N. E., Aber. stock) Do Scot. Mid. stock... shrcpshire Uni0n...... qitti.letourne & Sheer. South Devon .... S.-Durham & I Jane. tin. South Eastern ........ South Waleg .• •• • • • • • • S. York. and Wver Dun Staines, Wok, 51 :d Wok stoCkton & Darlinton Do do •.. Do New (IMO) Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 ThamesllnvenDk&Rall; Ulster .. . . Do V ale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim 1 Waterford & Kilkenny, Waterford & Limerick West G-rnwall West London ' Do Ist class . Do 2d class .. WestHartlepool Harter; and Rail West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford PREFERENCE SHARES. 8 84 80 82 6i 97 99 941 95 5 6 42 44 8 81 17 18 48& 49/ 37 39 26 28 83 85 251 252 111 113 1094 1104 1044 105 4 129 131 104 106 704 72 60 62 1101 11011 80 81 118 120 4i 48 94i 951 911 92i I 101 114 45 454 lid 123} 1241 14p 96 98 101 i 70 I / 44! 5 i 501 100/ 1 10 1 1181 20 041 5 123 1 1 1 4 1 4 11 p 7 ed 53 Vi 611 62} 101} 101 t Id kp 69i 60 89t 90} 97 99 4i 4 1 91 10+ 7t 78 112 114 33 ,144 F 5 87 47 49 40 42 83} 63i 53 60 F 3 96 4 7 40 11 10 111, 5,6 j p 51 561 2 3p, d p 74 76 118 12 54 66 43 45 39 42 78 80 99 95 41 5 • losing Business Share Railways. Paidl I Cprie I e * Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O all stock fsris.44: Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 stock Caledon £10,44 per cent 100 1.00 102 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 64 'Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all 20 (Cornwall. 5 per cent. 0} iDun.Perth&Aber.Jun. 14 Do let Class Pref all stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 100 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 108 113 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 105 108 stock E. Coun. lix. sp. c. No.l 100 107 109 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 106 108 stock Do. New 6 pet et. stock. 1 0 0 121 1 23 121 2 I stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct 1 06 80 82 stock I Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 stock lEdin.&Glas.sp.c. shares 100 110 112 stock I Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.o 100 stook Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 113 115 stock no.sp.l.Redm.,lop.opm 100 111 113 stock Do. 44 p. c do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.e. pm 80 104 106 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. all stock f Gt. Sn. & W(lreland)4 1 100 97 99 p. ct pref. stock 50 Great West. (Betts and Hants) Ext. sp. ct 6 stock Co. Redeemable,4l p.ct lOO 97 99 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct lOO 89 91 stock Do Irredeemable, do lOO 90 92 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref lOO 100 102 1014 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 94 104 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh all 17 18 a Do. do. 6p. ct. pref all 104 10.! stock Do 13irmg.guar. stock lOO 74 76 261 Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 134 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 pc. pref 4O stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 135 137 stock Do.flarnststEs 3s 10d pc 100 —...— stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) 100 stock Lon.& Brig.s pc.gu. No.l 100 112 114 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 112 114 I stock Do. gua. 6p. c. stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 112 114 stock Do. do. 4s per cen , . 100 101 103 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares all stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock lOO 148 153 stock Do. Sp.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ' 100 128 131 stock Do.4p.c.S.(cliv.def.til '651 100 70 73 stock Do. 4 per cent. PrO lOO stock I Lon. Chat, and Dover lOO 86 88 Do.W. I A rceiv. no div 1 0 Ex.A til 6pcis pd on tall "'o. B B. & Brom ex. all 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 24 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, sp. et lOO stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock 100 stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 99 2s. tid. I Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. 6d. all 124 Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh. all • 124 :londony. & Ennis. 1 sill all 134 144 stock I Iran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per eII 100 126 128 6 Do. .£6 stoo l, Do. 34 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 4 I p 124 ',Lary ,ort & Car., 4p. c all 121 Do. 44 per cent all stock Mid. Con. 6p C. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 0 p.c lOO 133 135 stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 99 101 1004 6 Do. 41 per cent . 3 stock Do. Leis. & Hit. pref st. 100 91 93 stock Norfik sp. C. Ex. at. 1846 100 -- 1004 stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 stock North British, sp. .. 100 110 112 stock Do. New, gua. sp. e.... 100 1 0 8 110 101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. he 3 4 14 p 10 Do. do. do all st Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dck.Co. 100 st N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 st Do . 44 pc. redeemable.. 100 100 st iDo. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. 100 100 101 17 I Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 8.13.4. 4d ip 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 25 !Do. York, H. &8. Purcb. 10 4d 4 p 20 !North Staffordshire.... all 224 23 10 j Rhymney Guaranteed. all 84 'Scottish Central, new pf all st 'Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 100 st ! Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 130 132 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 104 101 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent all 1.0.6 ISouth Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 41 per cent lOO 93 100 984 8 9 st Do. Fixed 14p.c. Ist is lOO 98 100 st I South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO st I Do. 44 per cent. lOO 98 100 st I Do. 5 per cent',' at S.-Yorkshire, 4p. e gua lOO 85 87 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 26 27 25 j Do. B 6 per cent all 51 32 25 Do. C 6 percent all 31 32 st Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p.c lOO 45 48 at IW.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk 1 00 12 1 1 2 3 st , Do. 2d do 100 118 121 At I Do. Newport sp.aptred. 100 98 100 'at Do.Perpet. 6p.c. pt 1866 100 120 122 at I Do. till 1869, Ist is. 100 114 116 LINES LEASED "void. La o s . ln s g Railways. Bedford and Bletchley all "Ln &N.W I Bu3kinghamshire ... . 100 Do .... Chester & Holyhead... 100 1D0... Do. 5i per cent 100 'Do Do. 5 ~ 100 .Do Clydesdale June lOO Caledon... Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E.O E. Lincoln sh. g 6 prx e , ICO Gt. North. E.Union,HarwichShs ! all 'E.Counts. Do. Woodbricl?*e 1 100 I Gls.Barr.&Neila.Drct 1 100 Caledon...' Do. new .l 100 !Do. ...... Gloster & Dean Forest' all 'Gt. West.' lirtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. h Alyea. Do." quarters ......... all Do. Lanc.&Carl. gua. .5 p. c. 100 Ln&N.W London & Greenwich. 100 S.Eastern Do. Preference .... 100 D 0.... . L o n.,Tilbury,& S.-ends 100 Peto Saco. Lowestoft 2 . 11 a, 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do. per cent lOO Do. ..* .. . ilfnc . Bxtn ,& M atlock. all L NW&i Mid. Bradford Prefer - i ence S °el: ...... Newmarkt,BuryEx. 1 , 5. 5 6- E.Coants. all Do all Do: Do. D 6 • ' C. ........ all 'Do Do. Fixed 5 p. c•-• • .• all •. I.Vfidland NogrtualMs.lEeracsetnn,.s-p.: c. North Western ....... all L&WI Preston and Wyre. t & L y k. Do. i Shares A . all 'Do. R.ystn.flitch.,&Shep 100 N ....hrewsbry& H ere f or d 100 Do. do. 'H 1 1 T G . t. 13 . r a ° s r a l e h y .l Do. -Staffordshire all M'Cleart... Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. Wimbledon &Croydn. AU L. Brgtu .T FIXED RENTALS. Closing Price. 94 96 53* 631 121 123 109 111 99 101 15* 16* 132 134 4* 4 Business Done. 11101 i 16 109 111 '2OO 203 161 63 1112 117 87 N 94 96 P } p 55 57 - 151 -15f1 132 134 'lOO 102 W 11 1 ' 10i 11 1 89 91 8i 9 all 100 100 100 100 100 100 16 134 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 THE SUN, - LONDON, TACTIISDAY EVENING, !APRIL 4, 1861. !Business done THIRD EDITION. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid. Closing Price. 05 70 81} 92i 16 16} d 4f 5 d 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 41 5 Atlantic ez 8t Lawrence) Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. B 1 Buffalo and Lake Huron [Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,BrantAGodrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1879 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eaatn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk- of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. 1867 .. Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New g - ua. 5 p. c... Gt. South. of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. 'Gt. W, of Canada Shares' Do. New .. ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt IDo. 54 p. c. do. '77 do. IDo. 54 p. c. do. '7B do. Madras, guar., 44 p. 0 Do. do. 5 per cent Do. ft p. c. Extension Do. 5 - d 0........ Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. Newßrunswick &Candal Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. Land do. ....... Oude (Limited) ........ i Scinde .......... -4. z. Do. Punjaub .... 7 . a . g Do. Do. ........ aci Do. Indus. St. Flo. q„s; Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes. . Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. l Ca” - neaux Mine & Rail Copiapo Ditto Extension ....I Dutch Rhenish . Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva, ...... Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France.... Do. New Shares .....I Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5..... ... Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. 1im...... Riga ltcryal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre t Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, Um, z. 7 P.C S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flandern Do. 5i p. c. Pre.'erence W. N.W. of France West'rn of Austria ;Westtrn of Switzerland Wiesbaden .... Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand BRITISH MI. lAltrel Consols (Philact:), British Iron 'Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.)l East Bassett (Illogan) !East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tavistk )! Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) Great South Tolgus j !G. Wheal Alfa. (Philack) !G. Wheal Vor (Helston)l , Grenville .Herod's-F00t....„ , 11ingston Downs 'Lady Bertha Margaret LelantY North Downs , North Frances (Illogan) IN. WWI Basset (1110 an); :North Wheal Crofty , Far Consols (St. Blazeyy I Providence (Uny Lelnt.)l Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l !South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron Ez Gen., Lim. S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar SilvA Lead Min. Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ): West Basset (Illogan) I IW. Caradon (Liskeard); West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) I Wheal Buller (Redruth), 'Wheal Edward (Cals.) 'Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)( !Wheat Mary Ann (Men.) , ;Wheal Trelawney 2.7.4 7N 1.7.2 2.14.6 7.4.0 17; 13.9.6 49 6.2.61 8.12 4.11.6; 1.8.6 2 9 1 111 1.4.0. 9.18.9 lk 10.6.7 41 all 18.18.9 i 24.8.0 !138 e3d FOREIG: MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim 17.6 1 d 20 'Brazil St.J. del Rey,Lim 15 30 4 81 4 5 I Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 1 ,Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 4r dis. 40 Cobre Copper all 39 41 301 Copiapo 1 'DunMoun.Cop.Ming.oo ail 1 2 Fortuna... all 2 24 20 ,General all 22 23 23 2 I Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 ip 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 11 p 8 ,Linares all 9 94 5 I Lusitanian 2 pr Op 1 ,Maricinica all 6 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 128.6d. 4 id 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 ,Port Philip 1 1 , Scottish Austria. (L.) los. 44 d 48.2-81 United Mexican . 56 6 64 61 664 1 'Worthing (Limited).— all Do. — JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 78 80 40 'Australasia all 62 64 624 25 'Bank of Egypt all 181 194 100 Bank of London 5O 51 53 20 [Bank of Turkey 50 'British North American all ' 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 204 25 ,Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 32 3 t 100 City 100 C010nia1.....1 25 37 39 381 20•11 'Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London . 20 - 20 lEng - ., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 151 16 20 ,Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 224 23 20 Do. new 5 14 11 50 I Lon don and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican lO 2 11 100 Lond©n & Westminster 20 65 67 66 51 100 Nat. Prov. of England • 42 -- 20 Do. new 60 National Bank 20 New South Wales.... all 25 ; Orient. B. Corporation all 48 50 491 9 20 Ottoman Bank .. . 100 Provmcial of Ireland ,?5 10 Do. new llll 23 South Australia . 25 ,Union of Australia all 38 40 39 50 !Union of London ne !Unity Mutual 60 I COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 111 Do. 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 112 10 11 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 1124 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 106 108 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 Do. 5 per cent lOO 100} 101 1004 Cape G.Hope, 6p c,lBBO 100 108 1084 Do. 1890 100 108 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&july 100 1061 1074 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p.c., 1868 100 98 99 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 100 98 90 Do. p.0.,1888 &upwds 100 98 99 984 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 106 107 S. Aus,Gop.c.lB7B.& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Jr. &July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oot lOO 1041 1051 1041 5 104 5 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO stock East and West India stock I London stock St. Katharine. stock Southampton , 100 stock Victoria,., lOO 97 99 20 ID& New ._.......,r MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 13 14 133 10 Atlantic R. MI. Stm (1d)1 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited)l all 45 41 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 34 36 20 Do. 8,7p.e.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (limited) all 124 141 323 Canada Land all 113 117 115 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all et. Copillin.ofEng.&Sraltg all 25 Do. Pref. 73 per cent. at. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference st. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 106 108 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 id 3 d st. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 33 31 35 15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 14 1 Great Ship I ,imited) all 1 Do. 175 pet Preference all 5 I Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 33 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 3 13 1 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 1 14 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 24 34 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 1 4 lid 34 20 Nerbu.Coal &Iron (Lim ) 5 1 05d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. all 4 1 100 N. Br.&Noya SeotiaLand 88 1 N.l3.Australaslan (Lim.) all 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 3 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. 3 pr 10 orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 44 34 st. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 60 50 E'en. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 634 50 Do. New 25 10 11 20 Red Sea &In.TeLg.43p.e. all 18 1 8 4 P 50 Rhymney Iron all 164 174 15 Do. New all 45 55 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 50 61 51 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 124 128 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip., all 3 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do all 5 7 10 Trust and Agency of Austriasia (Urn) tt , t is. 5 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) 1 5 d 4 p 100 Van Diemen's Land 283 93 103 Mr. Hall—Have you had any conversation with the policeman about your sister. Witness—Yes, sir. Mr. Hall—Where ? Witness—ln the House of Detention. Mr. Hall—Did you go there to talk to your sister about the robbery. Witness—The policeman wished me to go. He told me to meet him there. I did not want to go myself. Mr.eHall—Did your sister tell you of her own accord that she had stolen some other boots and shoes besides the pair she is now charged with stealing ? Witness—The policeman told me to meet him at the House of Detention, and I did so. He then told me par ticularly to ask my sister whether she had stolen anything else. I did so. My sister said she had taken some other shoes and had pledged them. The policeman asked me what she said, and I told him. Mr. Hall—You may go dawn. It is very improper for a policeman to act in such a manner, sending a person into the House of Detention to question a prisoner as to whe ther she had stolen anything. I'll not receive evidence fished up in such a way. The policeman was here about to step in to the witness box— Mr. Hall—Go back, sir, I won't hear you. Such con duct is highly improper. Here is a girl charged with steal ing a pair of boots. I remand her for a week, in order to afford time to see whether anything else can be found against her, and at the expiration of that time I am met with a lot of surmises. I ask you (addressing the police man) whether anything further has been discovered ? You answer no, but you wish me to believe that the things that have been taken away from Mr. Reid's have been done so by the prisoner. I shall act on the case that is before me, and on that alone.. The boots having been produced by the pawnbroker, and identified by the prosecutor, The prisoner was asked what she had to sly to the charge, when shec!eplied, crying bitterly, I'm guilty. Mr. Hal —lt is painful to see a respectable girl of yeur age in such a position. I shall, on the present occasion, merely punish you for stealing the pair of boots, but I hope you will take warning in time. For if you give way to dishonesty again you will most assuredly receive a much more severe punishment. I sentence you to a month's im prisonment. The girl waa led crying from the bar. V I It d 11 lid 98 99 97 98 99i 1004 21 21 65 68 39 41 45 50 38 42 38 42 94 95 lid lid 2 le d Ilf 111 9} 9 d 95 98 90 93 82 84 92 93 86 88 2 1i d 5 7 5 7 97 98 2 d N 92 $ i d ,WAYS. q 5f if 184 f 1 I 12 13 312,1 3 sji 22i 234 61 8; 71 7i 19 20 37 38 8 365 374 55 57 44 4 d it 15 61 6; 8k 84 1k 1 2 I*d 20k 21k 6 61 9k ' 21 22 21 3 180 190 340 350 100 196 18} 191 81 71 17 19 6 61 1 61 7 2 21 36 18 21 21 11 46 48 4 4i 4t 54 5 6 74 84 9 94 36 38 295 305 21 34 __l _ 153 160 35 37 2 2 54 51 1 6 17 18 74 76 350 300 105 110 115 125 21 2f 11 12 15 17 12 13 3421 5 SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. CATTERICK RACES.—(This pay.) BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CRAVEN HANDICAP. Lopcatcher POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) BOW-STREET. A POLICEMAN GETTING UP ETIDENCE.--A young wo man, named Lavinia Netherton, was placed at the bar on remand, charged with stealing a pair of boots, the property of Mr. Reid, in whose service she was employed. Policeman 321 A, on entering the witness box said, your worship I have the pawnbroker with the boots in atten dance. Mr. Hall—Very well. Have you discovered anything else that has been stolen by the prisoner. Policeman—No, your worship ; but a great number of other things, such as cups and saucers, and boots and shoes, have been stolen from Mr. Reid's house during the last two months. Mr. Hall—You don't expect that I intend to act on your surmises. lam not going to fix upon the prisoner as the person who stole the whole of the missing articles from that house without proof. What proof have you that she took the things ? Policeman—No, I've no proof that she took more than the boots. Her sister told me that prisoner had stolen other boots and shoes from Mr. Reid's. Mr. Hall—Did she do so of her own accord ? Policeman—Yes. She is in the body of the court. Mr. Hall—Then let her come into the witness-box. The sister very reluctantly came forward. She said her name was Wooler, and that she was married. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT BY A LICENSED YICTUALLER.—Mr. Alexander Wilson, who described himself as a licensed victualler of Gloucester-place, Westminster-road, was charged with assaulting Charles James Fox, picture dealer, of Church•. street, Hackney. 1 he complainant having stated that he had only said a few words to the defendant not of an angry nature, the de fendant struck him a blow on the mouth with a stick, cut ting his lip. A female, named Ann Conly, said she was crossing Moor-street, Soho, at the time, when she saw the defen dant strike the complainant a blow on the mouth with his stick, and heard the blow on hi■ teeth. She swa t on, you brute," when the complainant said he would serve her the same if she did not wind. The defendant was fined 40s. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. -A - CORN EXCHANGE. 114tERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 55s 2d; barley, 37s lld ; oats, 23s 4d ; rye, 36s 7d ; beaus, 40s Ild ; and peas, 43s 4d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 54s 2d ; barley, 38s 9d ; oats, 23s 5d ; rye, 34s lld ; beans, 40s 4d ; peas, 41s 11d. ENGLISH. GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 74,273 ; barley, 37,116 ; oats, 13,579 ; rye, 48; beans, 3,746 ; peas, 817 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with beasts, and all kinds moved off steadily at Monday's ad vance in the quotations. Very inferior Scots were worth 6s per 81bs. Sheep, the show of which was tolerably good, changed hands slowly ; prices, however, were supported. We have to report a dull sale for lambs, at 4d per 81bs less money. About 120 head came to hand from the Isle of Wight. There was a good demand for calves at full cur rencies. Pigs and mileh cows were a dull inquiry on former terms. Per Slb. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 8 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Second qualitydo. 4 0 4 4 s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.4 8 5 6 P me. S'thdown d 0.5 8 5 10 Large erse. calves 5 0 6 6 Prime small do 5 8 6 0 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Small porkers 4 84 10 Lambs, 6s 8d to 7s Bd. Suckling calves, 193 to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 23s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs .. Calves Pigs. 3OO FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. lBO Sheep Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. FRYNEWCIATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderately good, and the trade is inactive, u follows Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 40 8d ; lamb, 6s 6d to 78 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 48 8d ; pork, 36 10d to Os Od per 81ba. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, April 3. Beasts and lambs moved off steadily at full prices. Otherwise, the trade ruled heavy : Beef, 3s 6d to 4s 10d , mutton, 4s Od to 5s 10d ; lamb, 7s Od to 8s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 6d ; pork, 31 10d to 4s 8d per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, April 3. --A moderate inquiry, as follows :- - Beef, from 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 54 lOd ; lamb, 7s Od to 7s 8d ; veal, 5s Od to 5s 6d ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per Sibs; suckling calves, 14s to 106 ; quarter old store pigs, 22s to 21a each; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £l9 Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; clover do., £3 Os to £slss ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Ss ; clover, £3 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. Trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL. Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; clove, £3 Os to £5 18s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. A slow trade. Let the London Bankers, Discounters, and Mer chants, who are more independent of its influence than those in the country, demand gold for their Bank notes, when the Act of 1844 must again be suspended, as in the Panic of 1847 and 1857, and the like results will follow—a rapid fall in the rate of discount, the revival of commerce, and ample employment for the working classes. To expect relief in any otifer way is hopeless : the public are dumb-founded on the subject; for notwithstanding the present extraordinary mone tary pressure, and the woeful experience of past years, they stir not. Were it otherwise, and the country sufficiently aroused to obtain another Par liamentary inquiry by a Committee of the House of Commons, what greater , hope of relief could be expected than from the previous Committees which sat in 1848 and 1857 ? On the Committee of 1857, consisting of twenty five members appointed to try, with closed doors, the cause of the Public v. the Bank Monopoly, there were— 2 Directors of the Bank of England. 2 Members, selected expressly to watch over the interests of the Joint Stock and Private Issue in Bankers. 3 Bankers, besides the Bank Directors. 4 Members, who had already committed them selves in support of the Act by having voted for it in the committee of 1848. Amongst these was the Hon. E. Cardwell, who succeeded Sir G. C. Lewis as chairman, whose strong bias in favour of the Act was palpably manifested in his treatment of the witnesses: He requested the Leeds Chamber of Commerce to depute some one to give evidence before the committee ; and they accordingly, after passing resolutions calling for the abolition of the restricting and essential prin ciple of the Act, and for a discretionary power to be given to the directors of the Bank to issue one pound notes, appointed Mr. John Smith, of the banking firm of Messrs. Beckett and Co., to appear on their behalf. Mr. Cardwell sought an inter view with Mr. Smith previous to his examination ; what passed at that interview was never made pub lic, and Mr. Smith does not feel at liberty to say,— but this we know from the printed report of the evidence, that not one question was put by Mr. Cardwell as chairman, to elicit and record in the minutes of the committee the resolution of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce. What hope, then, is there left for any relief from the Act, save from the mercantile community compelling its suspen sion by their own influence? Were this accomplished, the directors of the Bank of England would have the same liberty as before of issuing any proportion of notes to gold they thought prudent ; and wore they now to issue 3 to 1 Cie the monetary pressure of 1839 they issued 7 to 1) the Bank reserve, which governs their rate of discount,would be £16,000,000 instead of £6,000,000 and the rate of diseoue t, according to their rule, would be 3 per cent. instead of 8 per cent. And were one pound notes issued to serve as sub stitutes for sovereigns, gold would be set at liberty sufficient to satisfy our own requirements as well as those of France and other countries. I remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, HAMER STANSFELD. Highfield, Windermere, March 12, 1861. ef PLENTY OF GOLD, AND WHERE AND HOW TO GET IT. " Sir,—The new Parliament has met—the Select Committee on Banking has again been appointed ; and though the Chancellor of the Exchequer very fairly told the House of Commons that he shall not oppose the Committee being an open one, should the House desire it ; yet, with the exception of Mr. Roebuck, not a member seemed to think it worth asking for. This indifference on the part of the elected can only be palliated by the apathy shown by the electors at the late general election, who scarcely put a question to any candidate on a subject affecting more than any other their materia► welfare. Now the difference between a secret and an open committee is almost tantamount to the difference between renewing or repealing the Act of 1844. Under an open committee the evidence would be published daily ; the press would be the advocates of the contending parties ; the public would be the jury; and truth would obtain the verdict of public opinion, which in this country is omnipotent. Upon a secret committee the public will be kept in the dark until the evidence is com plete ; and then, after the Legislature has probably renewed the baneful charter, it will be laid before them in volumes too ponderous to be read, and too late to be of any service ; publicity, and not secresy, ought to be the ordeal to which our monetary laws should be subjected. " The monetary pressure:still continues, and will continue, and merchants and others can expect no redress for years from the slow process of legisla tion ; they should, therefore, make use of the power already in their hands. " Let them demand gold for the notes they hold, as by law they are entitled to do, and by so doing they will put an end to the absurd and unjust Act of 1844—absurd, because producing the very evil it was intended to avert—unjust, because sacrificing all other classes to the monied classes. " Let them demand gold for their notes, and Government will be obliged to suspend the Act as in 1847, when the severity of the monetary pressure will instantly cease, as the panic then did. The Government may do this with perfect safety, and without departing in the least from the principle of convertibility—by empowering the Bank of Eng land to issue one pound notes in exchange for sove reigns—the Bank reserving one-third of the sove reigns to ensure the convertibility of the notes into gold. " The continued oppressive stringency of the money market must be my excuse for repeatingat this moment the remedy I recommended some time ago for the unnatural monetary pressure, and which at the same time would add considerably to the wealth and revenue of the country, by converting unproductive into productive capital, and by the Government reaping the benefit of the charge for discount. " I am, sir, your obedient servant, " HAMER STANSFELD. " Burley, near Otley, May 25, 1857." THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • . • • .. April 18. Do. (via Marseilles) April 12. Brazil and Cape Verds .. • • .. April 6. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &C. • • • Cuba and Mexico .. .. • • .. April 13. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) • . .. April 3. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. • • .. „. May 3. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) April 4. _Do (via Marseilles) April 12. Gibraltar (via Southampton) • • .. April 4. India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) April 4. Do. (via Marseilles) April 12. India (Bombay), (via Southampton)•• April 10. Do. (via Marseilles) April 4 Lisbon .. . • • • .. .. April 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. April 4. Do. (via Marseilles) .. April 4. Vigo, and Oporto • • .. April 1. United States, California, &c. • • April 3. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe .. April 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. April 13. - The Cgicial Journal of Naples of the 28th states that on the preceding day the Post-office authorities seized five sacks of copper money coined in the name of "Francis Bourbon" (the ex-Sing of Naples) and which had been sent from Rome by the Messageries. The ad dress of the person for whom they were intended was marked upon them. The French Government will probably purchase the Fames() palace at Rome, which, it will be remembered, belongs ;to Francis 11, In fact, negotiations have com menced. This Day, between S and B. E. M. D. F. C. I. 3. 9 a.m. —— Nairn 2 9 .86 42 41 E. 4 9 r. 4 Aberdeen ... Leith .. Berwick 29'73 46 44 E.N.E. 2 7 o. 3 Portrush Shields Galway 2913 . 45 43 N. E. I 1 b. 1 Scarborough 29'69 43 42 N.W. 3 9 r. 3 Liverpool 2918 44 43 W.N. W. 3 9 0. 2 Valentia Queenstown 29 87 41 40 N. 3 9 t. 1 Yarmouth 29'79 44 43 W. 3 7 m. 4 London 29 82 46 43 W. 2 9 0. Cover 29'83 50 47 S.W. 3 7 o. 2 Portsmouth Portland Ptymonth Penzance EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced EXPLANATION,—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 dew above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. F• Exposed thermometer in shade. 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 ; m., misty (hazy); 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). WIND AND WEATHER Ayr, N.E. ; dull Belfast, N.N.E.; wat Birmingham, N.W.; dull Boston, S.W.; fine Bradford, W.; dull Brighton, W. ; dull Bristol, W.N.W.; fine Cardiff, W. ; fine Cork, N.E.; fine REPORT, THIS DAY, 9 A.M, Darlington, N.W. ; dull Deal, W., moderate Doncaster, N.W.; rain Dublin, W.N.W. ; fine Dundee, W. ; dull Limerick, calm ; fine Manchester, W. ; fine Sheffield, S.S.W. ; fine Waterford, W. ; fine 2'he Punjab and Delhi in 1857. By the Rev. J. Cave Browne, M.A., Assistant-Chaplain, Bengal Presidency. 2 vols. Blackwood. Probably few national events have given the world so many goodly volumes as the Indian mutiny. The circumstances themselves were so startling and tragic, transporting us suddenly as it were back to the earlier ages of civilisation, the actors and sufferers were so closely united to us, the admiration and sympathy called forth by their heroism and their trials were so fervent and sincere, the indignation excited by the conduct of the enemy so deep and universal, that all relating to the Indian catastrophe assumed an immediate inte rest. The English public read with avidity the I details of that memorable struggle, the records of individual exploits and escapes, and the narratives of those who had formed part of the avenging army. It was long before the supply exhausted the demand, but at length the volumes grew fewer as the deadly struggle passed away, and for a considerable period we have heard no more of works on the Indian mutiny. The volumes before us, notwithstanding their numerous prede cessors, can scarcely f a il t o a tt rac t attent i on. T hey give a clear and connect e d accoun t o f t h e events of 1857 in the Pu n j a b an d D e lhi , an d the means by which, under Providence, the country was pre served. The master-minds w h o , f or t unate l y for the nation, held the posts of authority in the Punjab, were not men to shrink from sudden re sponsibility or yield to timid vacillating counsels. Had Sir John Lawrence and his immediate asso ciates acted with less promptness and sagacity, there is no doubt that the whole Punjab would have been in a bleze of rebellion that would have been hard indeed to quench. Fortunately they were equal to the occasion, and the Punjab was saved, though at how imminent a risk, only those who had full and accurate infor mation of the state of the country, knew. The author, who was assistant chaplain in the Bengal Presidency, was on the spot when the formation of the Punjab moveable column was determined on, and at once volunteered to be its chaplain, which arduous and dangerous post brought him subse quently to the walls of Delhi. His narrative relates entirely to the course of events in the Punjab and at the siege, and although he expresses a fear that this limitation may deprive it of more vivid inte rest, yet in some degree it increases its value, by giving us a complete picture of one part of the subject, and enabling the reader the better to follow the chain of events and to comprehend their connection. The work originated in a journal kept, in camp, which afterwards appeared in Black• wood's Magazine, and whose accuracy attracted notice in India. After a time the author was induced to enlarge and connect these notes, and the kind assistance he received from many quarters in furnishing him with corroborative details, has easily enabled him to do so. Various reasons have delayed its appearance, but this is scarcely to be regretted, since the work is less likely to be overlooked in the crowd of similar volumes. "It should be borne in mind," says the author in his preface, " that the events of which the Punjab was the scene, poble as they , Were, seem in their very success lass thrilling, less appalling in their character, than those which marked the course of the mutiny in other parts of India. Even the fires of Meerut and the bloodshed I of Delhi, in the month of M a y, d w i n dl e i n t o com - parative insignificance beside the flames of Cawn pore and the massacre in its " slaughterhouse" two months later. The siege of Delhi, too, with all its noble toil and struggle, and endurance, and its assault of unparalleled boldness, lacked somewhat of the deep, absorbing human interest which will ever centre in the beleaguered garrison of Lucknew. Nor had the column which swept the Punjab, from the Indus to the Jumna, the opportunity of vie ing in glorious deeds with the army with which Sir Hugh Rose so gallantly recovered Central India." Yet the Punjab was not without its heroes , or its scenes of thrilling interest, as those who , read these pagei will readily acknowledge. Cum- mencing with the anxious and unsettled state of , feeling which in many quarters marked the open- , ing of 1857, the author speedily brings us to the catastrophe of Meerut. After giving the de tails of the outbreak, he asks, as many have asked before, why the progress of the mutineers towards the fated city was not checked, and la ments the mismanagement which rendered the forces on the spot comparatively useless. " The sepoys have come in from Meerut, and are burning everything. Mr. Todd is dead, and, we hear, several Europeans. We must shut up." Such was the last message telegraphed from Delhi on the fatal 11th of May. We may guess its effect on the receivers. A few hours later fugitives reached Illumaul telling the horrors of the Delhi massacre and the suspension of all further commu nication. At Lahore, the political capital of the Punjab, " peopled by hereditary soldiers," and surrounded by native regiments, the news might well strike terror. Sir John Lawrence, Chief Commissioner, was absent, and on Mr. Montgomery, Judicial Commis s i oner , th e responsibility devolved. His opinion, in which all his advisers concurred, was that nothing but a prompt, vigorous course could save the city. But during the day their measures were hastened by the discovery of a deep laid conspiracy to seize the fort, free the gaol pri soners, and massacre the Europeans. The plan of the natives was, during the relief of the native guard in the fort, to take advantage of the time when both wings of the regiment were in the fort together, rush on the officers, overpower the small body of Europeans, and fire a building close by as a signal to their comrades in the town. It must be remembered that the force of Europeans altogether was very small. It is manifest that such an emer gency was not to be trifled with,andßrigadierCorbett, who was immediately consulted, in spite of the de murs of too credulous officers, resolved on the bold and unprecedented step of disarming the whole of the native troops on the station. How this desperate move was effected we leave the author to tell in his own words:— It so happened that the gay world of Mean-Meer, in the enjoyment of a fancied security, had selected that evening (12th May) for a large ball, which was to be given by the station to the officers of her Majesty's 81st Regiment. The discovery of this conspiracy made some of the authorities sugge,t the postponement of the ball; but it was wisely overruled, as any such change might have led the Sepoys to infer the detection of their plot. So the ball took place; but it could scarcely be said of it as of the far-famed ball at Brussels which preceded the battle of Waterloo, that— " All went merry as a marriage bell," for, not to mention an air of anxiety and gloom which the most light-hearted of the votaries of Terpsichore could not altogether shake off, the room itself betrayed signs of pre paration— " For in each corner The eye on strange objects fell ; There arms were piled," and every officer knew where to find his weapon in case of need. The evening, however, passed over undisturbed, and dancing was kept up till two in the morning, when the scene changed, with short interval, from the ball-room to the parade-ground. Never had such a parade been held before. The whole brigade of all arms, European and native, were turned out, avowedly, to hear the general order for disbanding the seven companies of the 34th Native Infantry at Barrackpore ; really, to enact a drama which for originality and boldness of design, was without precedent in the annals of Indian history. Anarkullee sent forth all her leading civilians to witness it ; and their eager faces betokened the keen anxiety with which they watched its issue. The troops were thus drawn up :—On the right were the two troops of horse artillery ; next to them came six companies of H.M. 81st ; then the native infantry regiments in their order—the 16th, 26th, and 49th ; with the Bth Native Cavalry on the left. The general order was read at the head of each native regi ment ; the word was then passed for the native regiments to change front to the rear. While they were occupied in this manoeuvre H.M. 81st also changed front, and marched round, left shoulders forward, so as to present a line along the new face of the native corps, the artillery beyond and behind them also moving round, and loading as they went, unobservedly by the sepoys. Then came the critical mo ment. Lieutenant Mocatta, adjutant of the 26th Light Infantry, advanced and read an address explaining to the sepoys that the mutinous spirit which pervaded so many regiments down country made it necessary to adopt measures not so much for the peace of the country, which the British could maintain, as for the sake of preserving untarnished the name of regiments whose colours told of so many glorious battle-fieds ; and that it had been, therefore, de termined by the brigadier to take from them the opportu ni yof ruining their own characters, should designing malcontents 'attempt to involve them in mutiny and its ruinous consequences. The order was they given to "pile arms." A slight hesitation and delay were perceptible among the 16th Grenadiers, to whom the order was first given • but it having been previously arrang ed that while the address was being read to the Sepoys, the 81st should form into subdivisions and fall back between the guns, the 16th found themselves confronted not by a thin line of European soldiers, but by twelve guns loaded with grape, and port-fires lighted. The clear voice of Colonel Reuny, "Eighty-first, load I" and the ominous ring of each ram rod, as it drove home its bell clirtridr::e, carried conviction to the heart of the waverers—they sullenly piled arms; the 49th N. T., and the portion of the 26th Light Infantry followed the example, while the Sth Cavalry unbuckled and dropped their sabres. A company of the 81st now advanced, collected the arn t ls l pil e d them in carts brou g ht f or the purpose, and escorted them to barracks. Th us were some 2,500 native soldiers disarmed in the pre sence of scarcely 600 EuropeT3m , and marched off to th t i r li nes comparatively harmless. ' Lahore was saved, and, as the writer observes, gm ae n that bold st ro k e was the f i rst move i h seized, which saved th e P un j a b. ~With Lahore ' the fort mastered, the Eureav Punjab troops have gone, and powerless, the whole e.„ s surrounded Thankful in. and perhaps all India, for a time. e im ßrowne expresses deed may we be, as Mr. a himself, that the Lahore brigade,Cv at so imminent raand of one so fitted to a crisis, was under the command He was happy, says cope with the emergency. .., inc ihat rarest courage which the author, in officials and the fear of responsibility : o r n i s s i k b i t l i h t e y , censure possessing Mr, Montgomery he found in an able coadjutor. The interference of inexpe rienced officials, hundreds of miles from the soene of action, with th e con d uc t o f suc h men i n such . emergencies, inspi res an a l most equa l sense of indignation and absurdity. Th e S epoys, as M r. Cave Browne declares, conferred inestimable bene fibtytedcontost fits on India by cu tti ng th e te l egraph w i res, and thus savi ng men like Sir John Lawrence from halfwho s oneither well being ha mpered by a constant reference to those judge.itutio n orAceirictuwmasst,aneacye says the writer, the G overner-General seemed to insist on being consulted, forgetting that it must take three months before an answer could be received con cerning questions which must be settled within as many days, questions, moreover, with which Lcird Canning, a stranger in India, and a council who were unfamiliar with the province, We re quite unfitted to deal. For instance, with regard to the negotiations with the King of Delhi, Sir John Lawrence has been unjustly treated. "Even Sir John Lawrence," said Lord Granville in the House of Lords, " was willing to make terms with the King ; but Lord Canning, a civilian, had the courage to take upon himself the responsibility of absolutely refusing these propositions." Whereas the case was as fol lows :—On the sth of July Sir John Lawrence .received the first intelligence of the King's pro posal. Ile at once despatched his instructions, which were conditional, and which soon brought the transaction to nothing, as the King could not fulfil his promises. Two months later came an offi cial letter from Calcutta with general instructions with regard to future overtures, without reference to the case in point, the accounts of which had possibly not reached Calcutta. Yet it is from this general direction as to future movements that Lord Granville draws the inference of Lord Canning's superior generalship. The following instance will show how red-tapeism suryived even the horrors of the mutiny : On the parade-ground of the 34th N.I. at Barrack pore, on the 29th March, Captain Baugh had been cut down by . the fanatic Mungul Pandy, and the guard refused to seize the mutineer ; a sepoy, a Mohammedan, Sheik Pultoo, sprang to the rescue of his officer, and saved his life. Gen. Hearsey, who witnessed the whole, on the spot promoted. Sheik Pultoo to the rank of havildar, and reported to Go vernment that he had done so. Whit was the consequence ? an official censure from Col. Birch, Military Secretary to the Government. The General had exceeded his authority; how did he dare to assume such power ? The ordinary routine—a court of • inquiry—a formal investigation of the circumstances, though performed in the presence of the General and the whole station—a formal re commendation was necessary ; and, if satisfied, Government would then reward the sepoy 1 Such a course, at such a moment, could only set up generals and commanding officers as a laughing stock to the whole sepoy army. Of the siege of Delhi, the author, who was present, gives a full and interesting account, rendering due honour to the heroism which so greatly distinguished it. His remarks on the origin of the mutiny, which he wisely traces to several combined causes, are well worthy of careful perusal. While he is always ready to render honour to offi cial or military ability, he is too clear•sighted not to perceive the instances in which mismanagement or divided counsels hampered the action of the Europeans and assisted the enemy. His own pro ceedings he keeps entirely in the background, although attached i to a column which effected so much, he could scarcely have remained in active. His remarks on the unavoidable nature of the frequent wholesale executions, as coming from a minister of the Gospel, may have just weight with some who have shrunk from the severity. No one who has passed through them, says he, will for a. moment regard them otherwise than as acts not only of retributive justice, but of stern necessity. The escape of any Europeans was indeed surpris ing. " When the mutiny broke out, the Bengal Presidency contained less than 20,000 European soldiers, with above ten times that number of native troops ; the intruding dominant race were not in all above a quarter of a million, while the races they had conquered and ruled numbered nearly one hundred millions." This calculation refers to the Bengal Presidency only. Well might Sir John Lawrence--whom none can accuse of exaggerating danger—exclaim, " When I look back on the events of the last four months, I am lost in astonish ment that any of us are alive. But for the mercy of God we must have been ruined." As a clear and authentic record of so momentous a struggle, this work possesses great value. It is written with simplicity, sense, and feeling, and a hearty admira tion for those deeds of heroism which in the day of danger and disaster made England proud of her sons. THE BATE OF DISCOUNT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " Suspend the Act of 1844, and the Bank rate of discouu will fall to 3 per cent," SlR,—Allow me to call the attention of the pub lic to the annexed prophetic warning, published by me in the " Bank ere' Circular" May, 1857. Had it been attended to the panic of November, 1857, which was instantly stepped by the suspen sion of the Act of 1844, might have been averted. The serious monetary pressure produced by natural causes would have run its course; but the panic, arising from the apprehension of a deficiency of legal tender money to the direct liabilities to pay money, created by the Act of 1844, a panic entailing ruin to thousands, and the depreciation of property to the amount of hundreds of thousands of pounds, would have been yrevented. Again I would reiterate the remedy which for twelve years I have been urgently recommending as the antidote to the baneful operations of the Act of 1844. _ _ If the legitimate fruits of that Act, manifested by the panics of 1847 and 1857, with the present minimum bank rate of discount at 8 per cent., whilst money at Amsterdam and Berlin is at 3 per cent., at Hamburg 2i, and at Frankfort 11 per cent-, will not open the eyes of the commercial community to its suicidal effects, then it behoves its opponents to make use of the power of suspending the Act, which they have in their own hands. _ _ _ 1101 91. 105 101 + 4 d 59f 891 90 1 8 3 * 3 1 I if i 60 o 991 21 } 4 654 66 llf f f f (100 15 all 100 1 RAIL LITERATURE. MODERN CRITICS. Among the refinements of an age which summons its Social Evils to midnight tea-parties, and turns every rude, uncleanly workman into an intelligent operative, not the least amusing is that which per vades our current criticism on art and literature. The critic of the present day too often approaches his subject with a reverence half real, half feigned, which speaks more for the wide-spread influence of a reigning fashion than for his own power of weighing, fairly and fearlessly, the merits of the work before him. Under the combined attacks of pushing publishers and popular authors, his office seems to have degenerated into the task of adding one cheer more to the cries and clappings of his enthusiastic neighbours. The boldest paradox, if clothed in a due haze of picturesque words, carries him off his legs; and the poorest common-place, if it finds a ready sale, is not less sure to meet with a hearty welcome from his too courteous or congenial pen. The bulk of our criticism, like the bulk of our religion, flows through many different parties into one common creed, whose outward liberalism covers avast depth of downright intolerance. It is allowable, for instance, to sneer at Pope, or run down Byron ' • but woe to him who misses a beauty in an old English ballad, or finds a fault in " Aurora Leigh." Critics may look down with a fine compassion on the literary leanings of a Dryden, a Johnson, or a Jeffrey •, but it is rank treason to charge Shakspere with writing fustian or Wordsworth with prose. We may fling what stones we please at the idols of other days, if we do but join in worshipping the idols of our own. Hume was a shallow, prejudiced historian, but Mr. Froude is a writer of large sympathies and keen insight, whose worst mistakes the genial critic will pass over as mere spots in so bright a sun. Write an utterly romantic history of some bygone age or personage, and you will appear to "genial criticism" as a great philosopher, or at least a powerful cham pion of a nobler and truer faith. But say a word, however reasonable, against some living writer, the rising star of some powerful clique, or the esta blished pet of a wide-reading public, and "genial criticism" will at once cry out on you for a piece of irreverent carping and ill-natured intolerance.— Publin University Magazine. AN UNDERTAKER POISONED BY DISINFECTING FLUID. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Walthew, the deputy coroner for East Middlesex, held an inquest at the Camden's Head, Bethnal-green•road, respecting the death of Mr. Sohn Samuel Ames, aged 51 years, an undertaker, of No. 225, in the before-mentioned thoroughfare, who died under the following melan choly circumstances : The deceased had been engaged to perform the funeral of the late Rev. James Cartwright, of the Jews' Chapel, Palestine-place, Cambridge-heath, on the 15th of February last. The men had assembled at the residence of the deceased, and were preparing to start for the cemetery at Hackney on the day in question, when deceased and one of the men, before starting, saw a bottle on the sideboard, which was supposed to contain gin, when the man poured out half a glass of the contents, and handed it to the deceased, who drank a portion, and said, " Oh, it is physic, you can drink the rest." The man tasted it, and became sick, as eke . the deceased, -who vomited. The deceased was seen by a surgeon ; he was so far prostrated that he was conveyed home, where he had the prompt attention of Dr. Vanden burgh, who administered antidotes ; but the de ceased died on Friday last. Thomas Spencer, and other witnesses who had swallowed a portion of the liquid, proved the facts as stated above, and stated that the bottle was labelled " Chloride of zinc," but the room was dark. Dr. Vandenburgh, of Bethnal - g reen-road, sai d a friend named Chris that he was called to the deceased on the afte rnoon in questi on , at the house o f tian, in Mre The deceased w as a very ill and vomiting. W itness was in formed that the deceased had been, nlisacrkinnYkein.g some disinfe c ti ng liquid. Antidotes we re adminis tered, but inflam mation of the stomach supervened, w hi ch was relieved, but fata l s y m p toms c ome on, and he died the poiso n , mor tal effects of from the which was a mixture conta inin g chl oride of zinc, and w hi c h was clearly.one of misadventure. T he jury returned a verdict. "Tha t di e d from inflammation of stomach, caused by swa llowing a certain liquid poison known as dis infecting liquid, by clecid , mt." ' AN IMPERIAL ENRAGED MUSICIAN.—The Em peror of Austria Would not mind Kossuth's striking false notes, if they Were not likely to create discord in Hungary. —Punch. DEATH FROM THE EFFECTS OF CHURCH-RATE EXCIT LMENT.—There has been an exciting church rate contest at Hingham, Norfolk, and one result of the dispute was of a solemn nature. After the meeting a party ad journed to the principal inn in the parish, and renewed the discussion with some warmth. One of the parties who took part in the conversation—Mr Bassum, a person somewhat advanced' in years—addressed the party until he became quite exhausted, and wound up by observing, " I have more to say, gentlemen, but I have no wind." H e th en went to his seat, and almost immed iately afterwards expired,— Nonconformat. 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