The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-16 00:00:00

HONEY' MARKET AND CI 0' PIM= 'O:A . 1 . 2 INT EL L P; I SIP% raid ') 4.4.11. IVA 11. OITY, Two The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed " l etlY, but with a perfectly firm feeling, and prices of all kinds were extrern. The sales were ettiMated at 8,000 bales', 2,000 t,f wl,ii.lllweri-, taken by the speculators, contpr:sing 330 Pcmant and karanham, at 60. to ; 3).) at Wol. to 10d. ; 500 S ura t, at 4 . . t , ) !. ; alid 100 B ea Islands, at 11d. to 1s 21. it. The Rail /v437. Share Market tnanifeste, I a dull aspect, and prices were considerably lower than they were last v:reelc„ The accounts from Berlin contain the tables of "sterns receipts in different states of the Zoll - union, wherein it appears that there is a t"llesidera.ble increase f rom y ear t o y ear . The re vs for the first six months of 1856 show an In crease over the corresponding period of last year mounting to 359,143 thalers, and upon the previous year of 1,703,450 thalers. Under these favourable circumstances it is not only improbable Mat Prussia would withdraw from the union, as it 1148 been rumoured, but that that State is likely to Obt ain a greater ascendancy if Austria should et te l . it. The M oniteur of yesterday publishes the parti culars of the comparative state of the revenue and indirect imports during the month of September la st, showing an increase of 16,199,000 f. upon that Inenth in 1854, and 14,510,000 f. in 1855, referred co. in a n o t e p u bli s h e d a f ew d ays ago . Th e seven pre vzs°llS months of the year are n ow g i ven , ex hibi t i ng v following items :---751,218,000f. in 1854, and ; 9 1 9 )789,000f. in 1856. This shows an increase in e revenue, during the three. first quarters, of r 0 4 , 4 84,000f. upon 1854, and 54,429,000 upon 1„ °55 . A diminution of 17,539,000 f. is exhibited R ",..,the month of July last, and an increase of " 4 °?000f. in August. The aspect of monetary affairs both here and at batdoes n o t i m p rove , an d th e opinion p reva il s ' , lat the nationalßanks of Englandand France will ) ;„ e t be comp e ll e d t o resor t to some extraordina r y m easures to enable them successfully to contend areliable the pressure which at present shows no Il el l i able symptoms of relaxation. It is utterly 4 1 e i,ess to attach much weight to most of the crisi s received from Paris with regard to the t ' i sie there, and it is not therefore surprising ta rt t tile hope recently indulged of an early amelio -1., 'Dia, based principally, it would seem, on a small -,s e • t„ in the French Funds, should now be succeeded te j t „ 4 fear of matters assuming a still more un th "ed appearance. It is now again rumoured at the Bank of France, unable to sustain its Q : D ek of bullion, notwithstanding extensive pur teba a sea in England, i s a b ou t t o su s pend specie pay. em s. No authentic information has yet been e4 ved on this subject, but even if the statement, 1) , 1 1 ; 13 ve incorrect it indicates a continuance of appre ts-tlia,:ion in reference to the actual situation of the esta blishment. That there is no reason for assum iegtbat any d ec id e d re li e f has been experienced Iti„ a, Y:o abundantly proved by the various' end con ytt'ltig accounts received from Paris, which one day t e Considered adverse, and the next favourable. h l th regard to the Ba n k o f E ng land it is e x pect e d ta at its tyro next weekly returns will be very discou v ; and, as the demand for money continues :tY active, there is a prospect of a further advance t he minimum terms of discount. The Directorse t , their meeting to-clay, determined to renew loans 4-4,xchequer Bills only. ne half-yearly dividend, at the meeting of the Yal Mail Steam Navigation Company to-day, as 2 l• per share, free of income tax. Engli s h Funds have risen about ± per cent. Ivh ,eenseq uenc e o f l arge s p ecu l a ti ve p urc h ases , a ll 103 . have apparently been effected on the b een that measures are a b o ut to b e ~ in Paris, and at the Bank of England, J ,Which th e pressure will be che c ked. Th e , V°lie also are buying stock with the proceeds of TZ'tlends now in course of payment on the New t hree per Cents., Reduced Annuities, kc. Consols I noney have been 91/ Li, and 91a and for 2 - count they have advanced from 91i to t 4. At present the quotations are 91i to 91 l4 ) ectively. Th e N ew Threes are 91k and the ieduced 908 - . 4. Bank Stock is 213. Exchequer ),ills hav e d ec li ne d t o 2 s . an d 3 s . prem i um ; t h e . " °ll de are 98i 8 - 5 :; and East India Bonds, ss. pre- The dealings in Foreign Securities have been 441:nited in consequence of the settlement of the , 4 eeount b e in g i n progress, but the market fully ' 4articipates in the improved state of the funds. Turkish 6 per Cents. which have been languish ,43g for some days, have , rallied, and transactions i 'Mre taken place at 88 3 / 4 to 89 1 for money, and 88 G uaranteed 8 9 3 / 4 for the account. The Turkish 4 per Cents . ` 4ll aranteed are firm at 99/ to 99i for money, 4 4 11 ( 1 981 to 99/ for the account. Portuguese Per Cents. have been dealt in at 43, S ardinian 5 per Cents. at 88, and Tone eiela 4/ per Cents. 32. At the meeting 4 e r td Yesterday by the New Granada Bondholders, of e solution was passed, authorising the Committee Spanish A.mericau Bondholders to accept the ';" i °l 3 osal of the Minister of Finance for the Grana -1,04n Government, to liquidate the claims of the 4 alll olders by means of Treasury bills, to be re tjved in payment of one-fourth part of customs u ea levied by that State. After some remarks 1 ,t 4 1 the disposal of these Treasury bills, it was o e quested that the committee should take into th _ ueration the best means of realising upon °ln for the benefit of the bondholders. t . 0 '1 !0 foll ow i ng are th e no minal prices of Foreign e " :—Greuada Deferred Bonds, 6i 71 ; ta , 21 i ; Peruvian per Cents., 74 76 ; ditto 4 3 per 41 r Cents., 53 55 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., " ; Russi an 5 per Cents., 106 108 ; ditto per t i e r , rit ' B .) 95 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41142 k ; ditto e p--erred, 2.`q 41; ditto Certificates, W I 6 ; ditto 6 (M. t o „ue last week's railway receipts as , ascertained up 'ai a day, are in round figures under ;-- 1856. G reat Western 4l orth-W estern rith-W estern ;Tighten 16,893 i 3 32,701 orttL.D. 23,606 edonia Great ft Northern blPoashire and Yorkshire ` pes ter and Exeter 7,722 viester and Holyhead k tLnncashire 6,576 Ma nchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,093 vourth British 5,595 rth London 4,-`,+orth Stafford T u a z l o a rd,.Worcester, and Wolverh. 4,414 4,367 k r. v le loburgh and Glasgow 4;a:gcw and South-Western at Western of Canada 14,096 Northern of France The Railway Share MArkot !-;11own s( p ithy l with the tiro in the ;'ees may be quoted fei!y J to t"t:t- I:1 "( 1- 0 4 11 ce of y es t er d ay ' s rang ,.. Tht. d•• . -4, ve not b een t o au y extent. Cal( t:. , ,,!•,n u3il, S Gre at Western Gn- Lanca,hi re an , ; ; ire outh-Western 103, and North E:t-tt , ,Ai (Berwick) 1 ) 8 1. The F renc h and Canadian lines rule steady, I.lt th e b us i ness transacte d i n F ore i gn an d C o l on i a l ab ates 2, is very limited. Groat Indian Peninsula are $.;-) Great Western of Canada 22i, Northern of r anee 37, and Dutch Rhenish 121. Joint-Stock Bank Shares are at almost nominal rates, Bank of Australia brought 103. Commer cial of London 202, and Ottoa ai Bank 114, being a Blight improvement. In Miscellaneous Shares 1 4 1 busin ess o f i m p o rtance is reported. El ec t r i c t P l egraph 921, and National Discount Company 1) and the New Shares 1i 1. 1855. £27,608 64,630 17,047 16,559 30,174 24,557 11,723 25,006 20,293 7,137 6,111 5,872 9,017 5,585 2,091 6,722 4,307 3,580 5,467 6,059 11,066 47,947 aII ITISLI FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON V. (3 C 1.0( K. ( I ront the Offictal List.) Push:lse. done. 13ank. Stock . n• ••• 3 3 Par Cent. Redu ce d A nnu iti es 9N P" (, ert Consols Anirsitiog 9li i eli T .7 3 per Cent. .A nnn it,ies ''"g Annuities, expire sth J an . 1869... 24 15-16 13.16 L , e b o ltto 3 earl(', expirel.ith April, 1885 lB 1-1 6 n, B en d s. liio ....... ...,.„ ...... bitto, under £lOOO v onsols ?or Account Exliniquer Bills, ?V. i:10 ',,') ... ~. . . . .1:::50 Szial .... ............... 2 7 p Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent Ditto, 1859 ....98, i P itICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 .. Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 43 .I.firdinian Bonds 5 per Cen+. * -.. 88 aDanish Bonds, 3 per Cent x orkir.ti konds, 6 per coot : ......... 881 9.1 Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. bitt „4„. o Account .. v alezuela Bonds, 4f per Cent DI; i, enle or. the above pay able in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money 9l ? PittoA,ccotuat it! .... 1 mti olliolit 91 1 i gm .... 5 Jl 21 8 2r St 50 Af St. !P4? 1(0 g. lot tng. Tgastn. Janet. rt.-:eas. Ihtilyn Wolverb gte•ur iheevalre input v. Chop. & Birk , all I 00., do. ...... Blackburn all ! itith 4Tyneorigina £25 (tad. at .C•V ,l;ristol and Exeter 00 !Calcdrmian all !Cheater Holyhead C,,rk and Bandon.. all Cork, Black, ck Past 18 Cornwall all; Do. A • 27 25 10 7io 100 100 100 `WO 1 all 100 100 ' 1 00 100 130 100 100 100 all all 100 100 Si! 24 100; all 100 3 100 100 1.00 00 233 16-F1 Do. B Dublin6rßelfast.Trinc Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc. East AUglian ....... !Eastern Counties.. East. Union, A. St) jiste., B. Stock ~„. I Do' New A..„ East Kent '— 1 FAst gdiuburgh Gimp Elinb. awl. Peebles , kiln. Prth 6 Dun& I ' 7 orth & Clyde Jun., !Furness Do. Extension (Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern t Do., A. Stock. Do., B. Stock Sth. &Weet.(lre ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gna. Stk.. Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster Et Carlisle , Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds Lancash.andYorks} Do., Wet. Riding Un Do. South] or:: London & Blackwell I Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. , Do. Fifths 81i.,16&13...0 Eighths,. 1 London and& Westn rndndrry&Colerain, _indndrry. & Ennisk canch.Shef.&Linch Man. & Lin. Un Ketropolitan Do. J L. Ricardo's arrangement Kidland )o. Birmng.&Derb G. West. (Ire, )o. Half Shares__ iewcastle & gwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd gewry & Enniskille awry, Warrenpoini and Rostrevor. gorfolk corthn.Connties Un North British Yth. Devon Rail S Dock Stock )0., A Stock )0., B Stock Y. astern—Berwli )o. do. Extension .3q.do. G.N.E. lnrol )o. Leeds 10. York gorth London .&S.Wstru.,llami stead, and City Jn North Stafrordshir, . Borth Western & S. Westrn. Jun , a., Wore., & W o h, ortsmouth ........ Rhyruney • Ac ottiSl Central Soot. N E.Abrdn St Do. Scot. Mid. St n•upshiro 11_ p; Si tinebourne &Sheer. Devon ...... iouth Eastern....... 'outh Wales ......... i.Yrksh. Riy. Du )0.. lines, Wok. &Nvot toakton & Darling Do., do., 1854.., Do., do., 1855 to .:kten is Rartlep "air Vale .o. Pref., No. 1 gimmes llay. D.& R. Vale of Noah Srsterfcl. & Mike= VaterfordikLimerio. most Cornwall..... Vest End of Londo. N n d Crystal Ptlaom Do. A Do. B ,Yost London Do. Filst Class Do. Second Class Wlmbledn k Croydoi FOR: tAtworpattutt rd: Ardennes kAgian Basta. Junt 'iezi ere to Oraissess , c lombay, Barods, sac Con. India, g. 5 p. c Do. 'Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carrneaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. Ceylon A shares._ Do. B. do ►emerara Hutch Rhenish ?astern of France no. New Eastern Bengal Scot, Indian A and B g• 5 p•'' Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c iDo. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. De. 46 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 1)o. do. do., '59, do. 'Euphrates Valley Eur. !Geelong e Melbourn. guar. 5 per cent Gd, Truul , .. of Canad P )o. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till% )c). Comp. 6 p. c., do Gt. Central of Franc cit. To. Pen. g. 5 p. c Do New, gum 5 p. c r4rent Luxembourg 4t.Western of Caned t Do. New Do. Bds., payable '5 . Do. do., '76, p. Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, wi thou option Italian Junction Lave Const. & Ba Bl Licrre and Turnhout !Lombardo Venetian. Lucca 4g Fist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Conova Morlitorran tladras, guar. 4 p.c Do. New do., 5 p. c Po. 4 D. c. Exton Do. Sd Ex., g. 5 p. c Maria Antonia ... Do. do. New tiarnair & Liege Do. do , G p. c. Prof lorthern of France. WorwegianTrunk 'aria and Lyons 'n , is and Orleans e e & San. Frau , (Pernaiu.) g. 7 p. e. Some and Prascati.. royal Danish .... Royal Swedish Iniubro and Meuse_ p. cent. Prof, iciudo, guar. 5 p. c. D 0... 'outbern of France 4t. Andrew's an , Quebec (A) Vest Flanders ,) 0 „ 5A per c. Prof_ q. &N. W. of Franc. Western of Austria... Vest. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per eent.Pref, 4e4lauo. ... JOINT-STOOK BANKS. 1-istralasia,.„ ....... . Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London .... Sri. Col. Bk.kLU. C. tritleh N. American filiartd. Bank of ABIA Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Autrrc,ln, City John IAI -,l omraarclol of Loud. gug„Scot. &Ana. Cht. fond. Chart. Bk, ;It &matrons, Yitto New Lon', on mad annnty ' ?.:od.&E.Bn l tg..Corp 1 C.ondon Joint Stock London and Paris raond. & Westminster National Pro.er Eng Do. New sational Bank New South Waloz Jricntal bk. Corp.. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland 'J3. Now AUS B tzElo Im Cc ;oath Australia ..... Juic.n of Australia 00. row Union of Lcndon Western Bk of Lod 102 --- 104 4 - 3 ,- 1 64 - 66 Of. "..... . - ... I, - 69 l ' r, IGi 19 - 1 - 3(l' I 3n .:: -- ...d sN .. •• • 6. , ..... . . 44 46 37 38 4 3d 3 4 - 36 64 - 66 7 - 8 8 1111 4 • d; SEARt MARKETS. ,T.lllB DAY) RAIL W A YS. Closing Price yesterday. 8 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 92 - 94 53i - 54 15 4 - 16 • .. ..... . 94 in, 15 - 16 . 8i - 9 34 - n 22 - 24 7 -, 5 79 - 81 51i - 52 2 90 - 92 8 - 8 89 -- 91 78 - 80 120 125 113 115 63i 64 65 60 70 - 74 5j - 64 5 • 64 93§ . 94 6f fif 103 105 99f 100 A d par d - par 1011 102 3i• - ii Jr" : id 741 - 751 48 - 49 •N ~ •• .N ~~ •• fel 45 - 47 3 i - St 35 36 ••• '. ... ni - 781 6 - 505 3 - 3 i t 7 - 174 54 55 94 - 98 6i - ri 10 - 11 25 - 26 03 - 105 25 -2; 73 75 46 - 48 1 ... '4l 14i 67 - 68 77 - 79 5 - 3 2 - 1 15 - 17 36 - 38 .. - , 18 - 19 5 - 54 •• ..• - 76 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 54 *i if, :IGN. li - lid 1 2i - 1 1 : ••• ••• la par 33` -- 10i -- 21i - 224 1 - 21. - 22 i = ap 21} - 22 4 it - .2 77 - S 2 31 - 44 201 - 21 - 1 r 33 4 21i -2. i - It, 99 - 101 110 - 115 110 - 115 105 110 4,1 - 4Av - V.; - 8 i I' 20 1 1# p d par P, 8 8i 20 - 204 36i -37 i 86 -9 , 49 - 493 49 - 51- d 19 - 20 1A 10 - 11 81 91 •••• ••• ... -- pm - . . - - 10 35 - - lii Business done this day .8i 65 99i 100 O 2 2 fly, SUN, LONDON, THURSDA V EVErn G, OCTOBER 16, 1856, LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) SHOREDITCH COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Storkes.) IMPORTANT DECISION RELATING TO LOAN SOCIETIES -. BROOKSON V. KNOPE. This was an action to recover 5/. as., money lent under the following circumstances : Mr. Beard (from Mr. Buchanan's) stated the case. The money had been lent to defendant by a person nam€d Shepherd, who was at the time Secretary to the Provi dent Login Society. Shepherd, however, did not take any acknowledgment, and no doubt at the time defendant thought the money belonged to Shepherd himself. Shep herd, however, on vacating office, stated the facts to the society. An application was made to defendant, who said that when he borrowed the money he thought it belonged to Shepherd, but if it belonged to the society be would pay; failing in doing so, the present proceedings were taken. Shepherd was called, and proved that the money be longed to the society, although he did not tell defendant so at the time. Mr. Beard adduced evidence proving the admission of the debt and the promise to pay. Mr. Angell (for defendant) argued that plaintiff was not entitled to sue. The society was not enrolled, and plaintiff had no locus stanch as an individual shareholder, although he might have been nominated by the majority to sae. His Honour asked Mr. Beard how he could get over the objection. Mr. Beard said he would ask for an adjournment to add the names of the other petitioners, which his Honour could grant under the 101st section of the County Court Act. His Honour adjourned the case for that purpose. Mr. Buchanan now stated that he held the assent, in writing, of 18 shareholders out of 20, but the other two were friends of defendant; they refused. His Honour said the equity of the case was clear, but as all the shareholders did not assent, he had no alter. native than to non•suit the petition, but would not allow the defendant his costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day. SOUTHWARK. ROBBERY ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—C. Smith, a sea-faring man, was brought before Mr. Combe, for final examination charged with stealing a box containing a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Robert de Sonya, a sailor, lately belonging to the Hertfordshire. The prosecutor, a coloured man, a native of Hayti, stated that he recently arrived from Malta on board her Majesty's ship Hertfordshire, and on the 10th of Sep tember he was paid off at Portsmouth. The prisoner was his shipmate, and on the same day they both booked their places for London, by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway. The prisoner and himself placed their luggage in the station to be forwarded by the train, after which witness went to a public-house and got drunk with some of his shipmates, so that he lost the train. He, however, came up to London by another train and asked for his luggage, when he ascertained that it had been taken away by another sailor who came up by a previous train. He made inquiries and found out the prisoner's residence in Saint George's-in the-East, and on seeing him asked him whether he knew anything of his chest and clothing. The prisoner replied that he did not, but he had no doubt it would be found a t the Waterloo station. Witness went there and ascertained that the chest had not arrived there. He went back to the prisoner's lodging and saw him shaving himself with a razor which he had locked up in his chest, and a very small portion of his clothes concealed ucder a bed. Witness, however, had lost all he possessed by the prisoner's villany. Some of his clothes had been traced ; to pawnbrokers at the East-end. Thomas Richards, a detective constable in the employ of the Brighton Railway company, said that the prose cutor mentioned his loss to him, and knowing that the prisoner came up alone with two chests, he accompanied the prosecutor to look after his property. William Charles Potter, police constable, 212 K, said he received information of the robbery, and hearing that the prisoner had been seen with one of the prose. cutor's razors, he went to his house in Saint George's in-the-East, and asked him about the chest of clothes. He denied all knowledge of it, but witness looked under his bed and found the chest with a small quantity of the prosecutor's clothes. Witness then took him into custody, and, on searching him, found several pawn broker's duplicates relating to some of the articles. The remainder, with the prosecutor's money, had not been found. Mr. Combe, who considered it a most ungratefu robbery, committed the prisoner for trial. THAMES. ROBBERY IN MESSRS. YOUNG, SoN, AND MAGNAY'S DOCKYARD AT LIBIEROUSE.—ToIIe Mack, aged 17, a regular, or rather irregular, land and river thief, and a shore raker, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing four metal bolts, value 2s. 6d,, the property of Young, Son, and Magnay. It appeared that the pro secutor's shipbuilding-yard has been for many years in fested with thieves, who at low water walk along shore picking up and stealing anything they can lay their hands on, and copper, copper bolts, and workmen's tools have continually disappeared. A. great many of these petty larceny thieves, but whose depredations in the aggregate have been very large, have been con victed. Extra watchmen have been lately appoint ed to protect the property of the firm. This morning the prisoner was seen by the watchman under a ship in course of construction picking up copper and copper nails. He was compelled to disgorge his plunder under a threat from those abovethat he would be stoned if he did not drop the metal. He then threw it down and ran away. A few minutes afterwards Rice, a wa terman, detected the prisot,er leaving Messrs. Young and Co's. Dock with four mstal bolts is his possession, and he was taken into custody. An officer of the K division said the prisoner was con victed some time ago, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment and bard labour for stealing drapery in a shop, in Three Colt•street, Limehouse. Mr. Selfe said be would send the lad to a reformatory rchool if he was not too old, and sentenced him to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Oat. 16.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; mo dorate breeze and dull hazy weather, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, Oot. 15.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Ar riyed—H.M.Str. Bulldog, from the Mediterranean; Sir George Pollock, London, for the Cape and Madras ; 11./e.S. Industry, Devonport. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 15.—Wind W.S.W.—Robert Cottle, from Rio Grande. FALMOUTH, Oct. 15.—Wind W.N.W. to N.N.W., a violent galo—Arrived—Valkyreen, from Rio Janeiro. YARMOUTH, Oct. 15.—The Mary Ann, of Rochester, got in contact with a brig in the roads, and will come into the harbour. SWANSEA, Oct. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lima, from Belize. STORNOWAY, Oct. 15. —Arrived— Henry Ford, from Shields, for St. John's, N. 8., leaky. SHIELDS, Oot. 15.—Wind S.S.E —Sailed—North star, for Calcutta. PILL, Oct. 13.—Tho Norwegian vessel Holrostrand, from Cardiff, for Genoa, has put in leaky. NEWPORT, Oct. 15. Wind N. strong.—Arrived— Beethoven, from Bremen, for the West Indies ; Jeddern, London, for Rio Janeiro ; Cobden and Jesus Maria, Lon don, both for St. Thomas ; Edward Cohen, Bristol, for St. Thomas; Harvest, London, for Ceylon ; Swea, Lon don, for Havana ; Thetis, Bremen, for New Orleans. Sailed.—Meldon, for Havana. The race Darling, which was run into and sunk, on the 15th inst., has been raised. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Charles Jackson, from Islay ; Goshawk, Gytheon ; Queen of the Ete, Maceio; Perseverance, Malaga ; Livingston, Mobile. Sailed—Johannes, for Iceland ; Herman, Rip ; John Wray, Rotterdam; Triumphant, Naples; Oriou, Stettin; Arctic, New York. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 14. Wind S.Q.E. Arrived —Lina, from Galatz; Heinriehs, Corfu; Minister Lindman, Galatz. WATERFORD, Oct. 14: Wind S.E. Arrived—Graf Han Basadire, from Taganrog. DUBLIN, Oct. 15. Wind N.W. arrived —Venus, from Jersey; Greyhound, from Lisbon. WiXFORD, Oct. 14. The ship Irrawaddy, from Glasgow to Rangoon, came on shore on Blackwater Bank last night, and is likely to go to pieces. Three of the crew lost. (BY 'SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, nuns lay, 9.50 a.m. Wind W., tide one hour's flood ; weather moderate and fine. Arrived, Oct. 15.—Plymouth Rock, from New York. Sailed, Oct. 16.—Alice Thorndyke, for New Yozk ; Stadt Dordrecht, for Dordt. DEAL, Thursday, 9 a.m. Wind N.W. by N.; moderate. Anchored—Negotiation, from Madras, for London; Nimroad, Bombay, London ; Celestial Empire, Chinchas, Antwerp; Panope, London, Genoa; Abulzada, London, Lisbon ; Andente, London, Santander ; 'Universe, St. Lawrence, London, which ship was brought to yesterday, during the strong S.W. wind on the Deal bank, grounded at low water, and, on floating, slipped from an anchor and 75 fathoms chain, and is being supplied hence. The Devonshire magistrates have advertised for a chief constable, the salary is stated to be 4001. per an. nut% and n e4loYianCe 91 2M, A 799dr f9r expeuisom. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS I I.'t l / 4 ), .1 RAILWAYS. Bedford and Blettshlei Buckg harish Clydesdal , 4 1, Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. f.r,. 6 pc. E. Un. 11. S':. Gin. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Gletr e & Dn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Soihy Do. tSharev. Do. Shares. Lon. Greenw Do. Preference Lon. , Til., & S. De. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Rede.g 6 p.c. Midld. 13 &tit, Newmarket Bury E. 03.5pc N.& Est. 6 p. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Flxeds p c Prest. & W Yr' Do. Shre. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth an' Gooleg.s p.c Shrews. &Her S. Staffords h. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do.. 1(1: 100 all 1 ni all all all 100 183 Wilts&Gomrst Loasts. Company. London & N. Wo,.t. L&N.W. Caloclort... E.tl dzE.O Ot.rim n. : E. Count. jCaldoninn. Do Gt. W08:11 Yk. Now. Borw. Y.LitN Do Do S. Easton Do Peto & Co Do Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld gtekton & Darlingt. En. Conn. E. Count. D 0......... D 0... ..... L. &N.W Do Gt North n Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey N.MClenn Stockt. & Darlingt Do IGltWeetn. Clnitnr yesterday. - 99 98 - 162 12 - 14 138 - 141 4 4i 1.56 - 107 I2}-13 221 - 23} 107 - 111 1p 2f - 2i 92 - 94 to 56 — 8 134 - 138 7f 8i 3" 3,±d 31 i - 2i 90 - 92 PREFERENCE SHAREk3. 93 - 97 16 - 17 4i - 5 6 -6, LOS 110 95 100 P i id iP , lf —12 i • •• '...'"' • • , ... • • ... 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Prof. 74 p. cent 26 `zB 1C Copiapo l6 18 it all Fortuna - $(1 20 all Genual ••• 1 all Gt.NriggetVeinneg• 4i all Great rolgooth 5 all Gt Whcal Vor Unito• 2 3 1 all Liberty — 3 all Linares 7 8 5 14 ,Lnsitanian Ad P 1 all Mariquita $ 4 1 all New Granada a 1 all Nouveau Monde ••• 43 all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min 9 11 5 1 (Port Philip 1 all 'Quartz Rock — 50 all ilthymney Iron 23 25 15 all Do. New 6 8 30 14i Santiago de Cuba.— 1.4 2 ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 34 3i 1 all I South Australian I 1_ all Do. Scrip 1 all ,Do. 10 per cent Prof . 4i Tam. S. &L.M in . Co. 14 10 9 Fitt Croft 34 4 2N all united Mexican 3.4 3i I all Waller ••• ••• 1 all ) West Mariposa — I 1 12s Worthing Mining 01 Australia MISCELLANEOUS. ?5 19 Australian Agricult. 23 25 le all , iustraln. Royal Mail . . IU all Ha r li n W a t er W or k s 5a 6 50 40 Grit. American Land 100 3!4 Canada — •• • Rt. CO 11 .Go.6p.c.Jan&inly lllj -- 112 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ... St. 100 D. 6 p c. Mar & Sept . . ..• 6 all orystal Palace 2 5 all Do. Preference 5 51 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franoe 1 Duston lion Ore ••• 20 154 Eastern Steam •• St. 100 Electric Telegraph 92 94 921 1 all Electric Telog. of Ir .. - • 5 all En.dzAus Cop Sm Co — 1} 25 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ... 15 14 (len. Steam Navigat. 16 all General Screw Steam 12 13 4 all Loiad. Gen. Omnibus 31 3i 20 10 Magdalena St. Navin 10 all gediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 all Mexican&S, America. 3& 4 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. p si 26 1 Do. New ._ , . 10 5 Netherland s I 0 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. Sp cl' iss atl d Ad ep 1 0 10 80 New B. &N. S. Land 13 22 G ov. sp. e. D. i ;11 N. B. Australasian 7,0 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 2j 14d 1 all Oriental Gas lh 11 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" p all Peel Rr. Ld.&, Minrl. 2} 2 P m 4 50 all Peninsular& Orienta' 67 69 50 10 Do. New 4 5 p 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Seot.Austral. Invest 1 - 1 all Ditto New ll 25 all South Austral. Lane '4 35 1 an Salina:. Tel.ScriN« 1 1 all Do. Registered. — 1 20 5 ['mat& 1,C0.11.C0m• I . 100 28i Via Di emen ' s L e ap 14i AZ. 3 15i 4 V• ol l6P.C.Jaaaaull em Rlyt,handTyne 10p, o. pref. (issd.2.tsoi Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares .. Caledn. 4i p.c. 4Shes. &Fro. Gn. 5 p‘ Do. do. Prof. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Cork &Bandonsip.e Dun.Prth Aber..l. E. Anglian Cis. A St, Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c., Do. do Cls. C 7P. c Eas. Co. E x, spc No. Do. No. 4. Do. New 6 p. a. Si East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent. East Lancash. 6 p. att E. 'kW. York. J. sth Edin. k GI. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.e Furness Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. a. liedoem at - 10 p. c. prem ~ 4i p. c .6 p. c., Red. at p.c.pm... Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre Gt. S. dg W. (Ireland Do. 4per 0. Prof. W.(B.kli. Exspc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. `)o. con. red. 4 p. c. ,Do. irred. 4p. C. Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.$ Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Qua. Stk Do. Ches. Qua. Sh Do, do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. i 20 Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &B. Q. 5 pc. No.l Do. P., spe. St.No.2 Do. New C4nar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 p. c.,Nd4 Lon. &N. W., Coy. e Nuneaton 5 p. ct.. ton.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... & Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. Sh L.,6 p. Cent Do. do. do. Do. do. 31 per cent. Warypt & Carl. 4 p o Do. 4 per cent....... Do. do. Aid. Coneol.6 p.c St Con.Br.l7;ir. 6pc Da. 4i p. c. Pref. 4 Ditto L. & H. Pref. Si New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 ,Norfolk Debenture • . Do. Prof. 5 p. a. St e' Do. 5 pa. Ext.,1846 Do. 5i per e. pf ,1847 Do. Wv. V.Gpc.,1847 North British N. B. Pe rw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p,c .No. Do. do. QrP.,1848... Do. York Fl. &I. Per North Staffordshire. Dx,Wo,&W., g pc... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Soot. Cent. ,New Pre f Sc.N.E. Abor. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. D0.d0., 34 p.c. pf. st. south Devon. Do. iixed,4i per cent 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c eh 3. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1,'56 1 Watorfd.& Kilk.6pcl vstnesn this day. NEWMARKET RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEURAPII.) SWEEPSTAKES FOR TWO YEAR OLDS. Winner to be sold for 4001. Inspiration Admiral of the White Four ran. SWEEPSTAKES FOR TWO YEAR OLDS. Winner to be sold for 3001. Old Fadlion Flyaway ... Five ran. LATEST BETTING. CAMBRIDGESHIRE• 100 to 30 agst Vengeance (taken) 15 to 1 agst Pole Star (taken) DERBY. 1006 to 15 agst Arsenal (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Adarnas (taken) ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET COM PANY.—(This Day). THE PANAMA ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA. The general meeting of the proprietors in this under taking was held this afternoon at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; Captain Mangles, chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. There was a full at tendance. The Secretary (Mr. R. T. Keep) having read the notice convening the meeting, the directors' report was taken as read, an abstract of which was p"Wished in Monday's Sun. the CHAIRSIAN adverted to a letter he bad re ceived from a proprietor relative to the investment of 100,0001. surplus fund belonging to the company, whi c h bad been invested as follows :—Consols, 34,1771. ss. Bd.; London and South-Western Railway Debentures, 30,000/. ; Canada Debentures, 20,0311. 155. ; and Shrewsbury and Chester Guaranteed Shares, 18,3311. 3a. 9d., making together, 100,5401. 4s. 5d., which had been invested since 30th June last. After the payment of the dividend there would be a surplus of 30,0001. Ho said it was a matter of consolation to him to feel that the acceptances were of a satisfactory nature. Two items only of importance in the accounts on the debit side x%quired notice from him, viz., general service and salaries. With regard to the former, the increase was incurred in the attendance at the naval review at Spithead, and the shareholders had the satisfaction of knowing that, unlike the Lords and Commons, they were not left behind. (Laughter.) With regard to the latter, the increase arose from a matter of account, and the appointment of an extra officer as a kind of surveyor, &c. On the credit side there was an increase of 25,0001. on passage and freightage money, and there was a surplus of 190,0001, and after deducting for the loss of the Tay there was a surplus on the insurance account of 200,0001. With regard to the insurance fund, it had been said by Mr. Tuffnell, rightly, that it ought to be put on a fixed principle, and he had the satisfaction of saying that many of the direc tors concurred with him, and a surplus of 200,0001. on that head was considered amply sufficient. The question of wheLber any surplus should be placed to discount, or considered a bonus, was one of no great moment. The loss of the Tay was an unfortunate circumstance. Cap tain Strutt had always been considered a most careful officer, and had been through the Gulf 14 times, and it was in consequence of his knowledge of that part he was selected by the managers for the station. The chairman called on them to act as Englishmen, and not condemn Captain Strutt in his absence, and unheard. He depre cated the assertion, that by the loss of the Tay the old luck of the company was returning, and said that ainceJan., 1849 when the Forth was lost (the last wreck), their vessels bad steamed 4,026,825 miles, the fleet having to visit by day and night 27 ports in the hazardous seas of the West Indies. (Hear, hear.) The loss of the Amazon was a matter ever to be regretted, but he thought it was impossible to have guarded against it. Mr. HAZELDINE complained of the meagre information given by the Directors' report, and asked for an improve ment in this respect, because shareholders could not know. too much of their affairs, and was the only prin ciple that should regn'ate the conduct of boards of di rectors. He asked how much they would have to write off for the loss of the Tay The CHAIRMAN-23 1 0001. Mr. HAZELDINE said he was glad of it. He called at tention to the proposed Panama route, and said it was a serious proposition. The figures he would read be thought sufficient to deter the proprietors from entering into it, or if they did they deserved to lose their money. DuringlBs4, 1855, and six months of 1856 the gross re ceiptslhad been 2,367,0001., whilst only 255,0001. had been distributed amongst the shareholders as interest, and a bonus of 51. in April last. The CHAIRMAN said there was no intention on the part of the directors to enter into any arrangement with regard to tbe Panama route, without they first get what they considered a sufficient subsidy from the Govern me .t and the colonies in the shape of postagee, &c. After having obtained that promise the directors would consult the shareholders, and would decline spending a shilling utAil they had their approval. Mr. HAZELDIN said ho thought the directors had no right to drag an unwilling minority into such an arange mi nt, which was foreign to the purposes of tha com pany. Mr. QUILTER asked why the 78,0001. earned by the company after the deduction of 18 per cent. for expenses, was not distributed amongst the proprietors, and he also wished to know why the directors kept2oo,oool. surplus, they having stated they had more ships than they wanted. He was not satisfied that the investment of the surplus by the directors was the best, and said he should like to receive his share of it and invest it in securities of his own choosing. He objected to their adopting the working of the Panama route to Australia. Mr. BELL urged the opinions expressed by the proprie tors on a former occasion for the guidance of the directors, viz., that, after baying debited against the expenses everything the directors thought right, to divide the surplu4. He called attention to the earnings of 100,000/ and a6ked what had to be deducted from it. The CHAIRMAN said that, atter allowing for the neces sary deductions, and the payments of the dividend, there would be a surplus of 50,000/. Mr. BELL asked if it was put by to provide a Panama fleet. (Clear, hear.) The proprietors ought to divide the whole of the earnings of the company. After some further discussion, The CHAIRMAN said that, looking at the coming quar ter year, and that 80,000/. out of the 190,0001. was owing to the profits of the transport service, and that 42,0001. had to be provided as reserve, it was impossible for the directors to offer a larger dividend than 21. per share. It was desirable to have bonuses, but still more so to have regular dividend?. The directors had no wish to keep the proprietors' money, and considered they bad made as good au investment of the surplus as pos. sible for their benefit. They were now suffering the penalty for paying too high a dividend in 1853. Mr. Qteremitu said the Chairman had not answered his question. The CHAIRMAN said that at the end of the year he should be able to give an answer to the question. Mr. QUILTER hoped there would be no loss of memory then. ( Hear, hear.) Mr. BELL said the proprietors wished to impress on the board their feelings, and had no desire to cast censure on them by carrying an amendment and the adoption of the report. The CHAIRMAN said the recommendation of the meet ing should be attended to. The report was then unanimously adopted. The CHAIRMAN said that with regard to the Panama route, that though there was a majority of the share holders in favour of it, the directors did not consider it sufficient for the immediate adoption of the service. Tbey suggested the calling the shareholders together at some future period, and as soon as the directors had a suffi cient subsidy promised for carrying the mails. 10 the meantime they would arrange for obtaining a supple. mental charter. Mr. QUILTER asked if the directors could carry out the route if any one proprietor dissented of conveying said under the I &ytrenduir(eseotl directors e tor h t d o the th e company) power mails to wherever they could get a contract, and to pro ceed to any place, auxiliary to that service. The Directors had the power of adopting the Paname ratite, with the conveyance of mails, without consulting the shareholders if they thought fit. Mr. QUILTER referred to the circular that had been sent out with reference to the Panama route, and asked how many shareholders had assented to the route. The CHAIRMAN said that the directors had received answers favourable to the route from 145 individuals, amounting to 293 votes a,, ant from. Si individuals, or 204 votes. Mr. QUILTER asked what would be considered a msj rarity for the guidance of the directors, and if the directors were unanimous ? The CHAIRMAN said they were, and that there were double the number of shareholders who had not replied to the circular to tLose who had. Mr. MAYNORD said the object of the supplemental In answer to further questions, charter would be to raise money to work the Panama route. T.te CHAIRMAN again pledged the meeting that the directors would do nothing towards:the Panama route without consulting the shareholders. He had great hopes of extending the service to New Zealand, Tile meeting shortly after terminated. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 St: 12i 12. 10 100 100 100 1100 l an I 1.0.6; 1144 136 8 LI FE ItATURE. The Measures, Weights, and Moneys of all Nations. By W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R.A . s ., F.S S., &e. John Weale. A work of great public utility, long and loudly called for by the mercantile community, and exe cuted with the al ility and conscientiousnes s to be anticipated from one who, as a mathematician and actuary, has acquired a European celebrity. The vaine of the boon hero offered can only be duly appreciated by those who are acquainted with the extreme diversification in the comparative values and systematic relations of the measures, weights, and moneys established throughout the world, and know by experience the difficulties attendant on dealing with th em . Th e l a b our o f c l assi fi c ation must necessarily have been immense, while the reader is not left to the established character of Mr. Weale's Rudimentary series—the recognised position in the sc i en tifi c wor ld o f t h e au th or , nor his assurance at the outset exclusively—to be con vinced nothing has been wanting on his part to render the classification correct and easy of refe rence. A glance over the work will of itself suffice. The ord er o f p hil osophical discovery is to infer what we do not know from what we do, and the tables we have examined convince us of the accuracy of those which remain to be so—while the uniform regularity of the tabulation with the separate quantity or value of the English equivalent oppo site to every separate quantity or value in each locality is so obvious as at once t o challenge atten tion, as well as in the practical application to su persede almost entirely the necessity of any calculation. I brief statement of the comprehen sive principles which influence the fluctuations of exchange, and correct rules for computing the sterling value of coins and bullion, add to the value of this portion of the book. The tables for the conversion of the standard, linear, and square measures of one country into those o f anothe r were, we are told, before published in another form, and had recently become out of print. They will be found here enlarged and more conveniently arranged, so as to be of still greater practical utility to those who have occasion to consult the architec tural and other works of the continent. As we have already i n di ca t e d th e wor k i s di vi d e d into parts—the second and concluding relates to the admeasurement of Time, and comprises a detailed investigation of the Christian, Hebrew, and Ma hometan Calendars with formulae, tables, and practical rules for performing the various calcula- ' tions. These subjects the author has felt compelled to go into at more length than he otherwise would have deemed necessary, because imperfectly treated iu Chronological works generally. A proof of the necessity for doing so, and at the same time of Mr. Woolhouse's accuracy and pains-taking fidelity, is apparent in his detection of au eiror which vitiates all the chronological tables of a par ticular class extending beyond the year 1,900 of the Christian era—not excepting the celebrated French work L' Art de verefier les Dates, so justly, as he remarks, regarded as the greatest authority in chronological matters. Passing " from grave to gay " for dates, if good eating are grave subjects and moneys are not imponderable, we have been impeded a little in our task by perceptions of the ludicrous while glancing over some of the tables in tho first part of the work. What havoc, we could not but think, would Mrs. Malaprop not make with the remarkable, outlandish designations of some of the coins, weights, and measures ; and what astonishment you would produce in a city acquaintance if, anxious to increase his stock of useful knowledge, you took him by the button and gravely informed him—" Twelve scheffel make ono malter, two sechszehnerli make one atcherli (the deuce they do !) two quarti make one mina (or) ten drams one oki, between eight and nine palmi one canna (ma conscience !), twelve atomi one punto. The post meile (mile) is 24,000 fuss." How he would stare ! Into what helpless bewil derment would he not be thrown ! As for Mrs. Partington, only fancy that impracticably practi cal good lady, knitting-needles in hand, listening and commenting as follows :—Two soks make one ken. " What work it is to mend them when they are so far gone I suppose." Four qwarters make one stop. " That depends on the price." Fif teen boccoli make one quarterone ! " I can't soo that—they didn't use to do so when I was young." Two garnotz make one tschetwerka. "Um ! I'm sure my two garnets don't ; but perhaps its dif ferent in foreign countries. Tsch—it makes one sneeze. What silly names foreigners give things." Pie measures. "Really, I wouldn't have believed it." Twelve drachms make one mocha. " Yes, I should thing mocha would be wanted after twelve drams." Ten fuss make one rutho. " That's true, if it doesn't take more ; for Ruth is all fuss, and no work." The reader has had enough, and, if a capitalist, perhaps too much, of this " fooling," as Shakspere calls it, on subjects which, by many, are deemed worthy of more reverence than the Bible. By way of conclusion, lot us remark, " Weights and Meausres of all Nations " is al ready stereotyped, and will add considerably to the value of the series to which Mr. Woolhouse had previously contributed an essay on the Difibrential Calculus. The Draper in Australia. William Freeman. The results of a hasty glance over the earlier pages of this work was an almost overpowering temptation to cast it aside as "twaddle." Reluc tant, however, to believe that a middle class man could have been three years in Australia with out having something to tell, we persevered, and were rewarded for our pains. On his arrival at Port Jackson, the platitudes and elaboration of words which had offended ns in a great measure disappeared, and the Anglo-Saxon spirit and point we looked for was apparent. Our " Draper" sets about his enterprise like a man—nukes his way through all obstacles to the scene of his intended labour—sets to work—gives over when labour is hopeless—strikes his tent, and pitches in a loca lity where gold is to be had for working, and when a maimed limb puts a stop to his mining labours he becomes an auctioneer. Cheerful, buoyant, fertile in resource throughout, the manner in which he spent the greater part of his three years of eel!- imposed exile lends weight to his counsel, and we aro disposed to recognise in him a trustworthy adviser for the intending emigrant. Altogether we are pleased with his book, notwithstanding its many faults of composition, and its occasional driblets of indifferent rhyme—the former of which, at least, by the way, are candidly admitted in his modest preface. The work embraces the author's experience in New South Wales and Victoria, life at the gold mines, town life, and life in the bush—descriptions of the principal towns, and of the various productions of Australia, with ample particulars as to the demand for parti cular kinds of labour—the rates of wages—and, in fact, all the intending emigrant of humble means will be des'rous to know, brought down to the latest date. The book we take to be a reliable and valuable guide, and not an adverti6ement ; and as such wo recommend it to our readers of the middle and working classes. Narrative of the Arrest, Trial, and Condemnation of Colonel Turr. By Colonel Turr. G. Rout- lege. The sufferer's own account of the treatment Col. Turr experienced at the hands of Austria, from the period of his arrest at Bucharest to the hour of his liberation at the intervention of England. The narrative, consequently, may be relied on, and from it the reader will gather how Austria respects in ternational law. Anything more flagrantly un- justifiable than the colduci of that Power to the gallant Hungarian was probably never beard of. It not only involved the greatest injustice to him, but was also a gross affront to us as a nation. Austria actually bad the effrontery, in violation of international law, to seize Colonel Turr at Bucha rest, a neutral territory, and, while in our employ, try him and condemn him, on the plea that he was a subject of Austria, guilty of revolutionary ante cedents and practices ! But why repeat what our readers are acquainted with ? Suffice it to say the impressions previously prevailing as to the charac ter of the Austrian Government will be deepened by the present work, and dastard, ret rogra d e, cruel, and unscrupulous will seem by no means tco harsh terms in which to describe her. H uman i ty , we are told, is a heinous cap i tal crime in A us t r i a . Who can doubt t ? The particulars o f th e C o l onel ' s . i examination, as here recorded, are not likely to escape the reader's notice. The New Quarterly Review. —The literary his. tory of the quarter is thus summarised : "The last three month 3 have produced few works of note. We have had the a verage quant i ty of clever, dull, and indifferent novels ; and an unlimited supply of poetry written upon principles of bad taste and silliness—s e tti ng at defiance all propriety of diction, and combining as much hackneyed commonplace, with some real beauties as has ever appeared Eince the days of Sappho. We have, however, had some extremely entertaining volumes of travels, some good average miscellaneous books, and one profound political work." The volumes of travels include " Burton's First Footsteps in Africa," The Oxonian in Norway," " Mansfields Paraguay," and the " American Japan Expedi tion." The profound political work, w e take it, is "D e T ocquev ill e ' s F rance b e f ore the Revolud tion." The mo s t e ventful fact in the history is said to be the discovery of another copy of the first ed of " Hamlet," more perfect than the Duke of Devonshire's copy. Having passed through a host of literary reviews and miscellaneous notices, so me . of them of consider Ole ability, and the majority - • - •• e enriched by extracts illustrative of the works re viowed, the . reader finds presented to his notice a revtew" The Minute, by the Marquis of D dhousie, &0.," printed by order of the Hotie of annmons, being the subject. The review is not favourable to the Marquis. "Reviews of the French and German Literature of the Quarter" follow, and from tho retrospect by which the former is prefaced we gather the singular fact—if it be a fact—that under the present despotism the number of readers, rather than of books published, has di iniuished, and this to a serious extent. Is not this, if true, indicative of a worse state of things than a dilninution of the number of works issued would • indicate ? In German literature there does not ap pear to be anything worthy of note. The genius of Allemagne surely was not in the German Legion !. TILE NEW SPANISH MINISTRY. The Paris papers of yesterday carefully avoid commenting on the great and almost only news of the day—the downfall of the O'Donnell Cabinet, and the accession to power of Marshal Nar vaez. Their evening contemporaries are less pradent, and frankly offer their opinions on this lint triumph of the reactionary party in Spain. The Presse believes that the Narvaez administra tion is destined to be short-lived, and that the suc cessor to O'Donnell is doomed in his turn to be speedily replaced by Sartorius, Count de San Lui3. That journal thus expresses itself : " Tai3 change of government is doubtless only a pre lucb. Marshal Narvaez will fall in virtue of the same law of gravity which caused the downfall of O'Donnell. Marshal Narvaez has not arrived at power in a constitu tional manner, twat is, by means of the regular action of the constitutional machinery. He, therefore, pos. sesses in himself no force; he will depart as he ca me , according to the pleasure of the Queen, who will again give to him the derisory mission to Vienna, there to study the archives of the Austrian empire ; and this as soon as he attempts to obstruct her queenly w ill, or her personal caprices. Marshal Narvaez must not mistake his position ; ho is only the forerunner of Sartoritw, and logically the crown would not be completely avenged of the check and humiliations it sus tained in July, 1854, unless the men and measures were re-established at the same point as existed before the treason of Generals Dulce, O'Donnell, and the other Vicalvariets. N e ith er b y fact nor by word does the constitutional government now exist iu Spain, and if Marshal Narvaez has the intention of re-establishing it, he will fail ; the royalty in Spain has now only a pro visional character. Count de San Luis will be the fore runner of the legitimate monarchy, or of the new revo lution, in the same manner that the Duke of Valencia is simply the f rerunner of Count de San Luis." The following observations on the same subject are from the Pays : "It is evident that Spain enters into a new era. The constitution of 1845 will give sufficient guarantees to the crown and to the country ; and if well applied will fur bish the grand and unhappy Spanish nation with a pos sibility of indulging in the repose and security which it needs after so nsiy cri=es. The cabinet presided over by Marshal Narvaez presents all the elements of a regular and lasting government ; it runs no danger, like that of Esparter.), of being drawn into the current of demagog ism ; it has not the transitory character of that of O'Don nell. It is above all a government of stability. It runs but ono danger, which, we hope, it will carefully avoid ; this danger is an exaggeration of its principles, which way lead it to make common cause with a party against which. the nation has strongly pronounced itself. It is to be desired that the constitution of 1845 shall be applied in the point of view of 1847, and not in that of 1851. Marshal Narvaez must be penetrated with the truth of this, fur his resignation, which dates from the 14th Jan., 1851, was the signal of the crisis which only received its solution on the barricades of the 28th July, 1854. Spain requires a strong and honest Government, tran quillity in the streets, and order in the finances ; the new cabinet can obtain for it all thee privileges under the firma and intelligent direction of Marshal Narvaez, the only Spanish statesman whose personal prestige ham remained intact during the painful events which his country has witnessed in the course of the last five years." THE NORTH GERMAN BANK OF HAMBURG. A special general meeting of the proprietors of the North German Bank of Hamburg was held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of making some alterations in the bye-laws. Mr. Senator Godeffroy, the president of the board of directors, addressed at some length the assembly (which was numerously attended by the shareholders), and ex plained the reasons for the proposed alterations. Ever since the basis of their operations had been laid down, he said, they had taken every possible step to obtain a charter from the Government and have the advantage of creating a certain amount of paper money under the usual control of the state ; but, though their proposals had met the concur ) elm) and active support of the Board of Commerce (Coinniere Deputation), the senate had steadily re fused to have anything to do with the responsibi lity. Under these circumstances the bye laws, which had been framed with a view to obtaining a charter eventually, required a revision, and it would be found necessary to empower the board of direc tors to extend their operations in many different ways of legitimate banking business, since they were now thrown entirely on their own resources and bad nothing to expect from the senate. The principal alterations proposal to be made in the bye-laws of the bank were as follows 1. The directors are empowered to discount bills of a longer term than three months if considered advisable. 2. The hank is at liberty to make advances and loans to its customers, even without the deposit of securities, to the extent of one-fifth of its amount of capital, but such loans cannot exceed the sum of 100,000 marks bAnco to one firm. The directors of the bank are ex cluded from the erijlyinent of this facility. 3. The permission granted to the bank to employ its capital in the purchase of shares and government secu rities is extended to other industrial undertakings and qoverninent loans, but is not to exceed one-fourth part •' the joint capital. 4. The signature of the manager is binding on the company, and the counter-signature of the first executive rt quired for the purpose of exercising the neces. say control, instead of that of the cashierai!latherto. These resolutions were all passed without any opposition. In the course of his speech the presi dent stated that the profit arising from the sale of the 14,000 shares reserved for the benefit of the balk amounted to 295,417 marks banco. TUE NEW GRANADIAN BONDHOLDORS. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the New Granaiian Bondholders was held at the London Tavern ; Mr. J. D. WieS, chairman of the Spanish American Bondholders' committee, in the chair. The Csiroux having read the report and correspon dence, an extract of which appeared in The Sun of yes terday, proceeded to move the first resolution, which authorised the committee to accept the proposal of the Giivernment of New Granada for the liquidation of the arrears of interest due on the foreign debt to the 1 Dec. inclu•ive, and amounting to 207,600/. 174. 61., by the i , sue of Treasury bills for the same, receivable in pay mew, of (sue-fourth part of the importation duties of cus toms—the said bills to bear interest at the rate of 3 per trnt. from the dates at which tho said arrears respectively become duo. Mr. Powles observed that as the customs revenue of New Granadaamounted to $1,150,000, it would take about four years to liquidate the entire arrears. Mr. 11.1.`LABEN could not Bee what advantage the bondholders would derive from accepting the terms pro posed. The last New Granada bills they had rece i ved entailed a less 01450 per cont., and the same thing would happen aysain. Mr. M UAZLEWOOD thought that if the , bondbo'dels won .d leave their bills in the bards of th - i comu Nos they might realise 90 per cent. Tae committee could place them in the hands of their agents at Bogota, and the merchants there would be glad to buy theta at ten per cent. discount, instead of paying cash. The CLIAIRHAN said that Mr. M'lntosb, who held a great number of New Granaclian bills, had realised 3 9 much as 95 per cent. for his. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then agreed to. Resolutions expressing a hope that the Governme n t A of N ew ' G rana d a would as speedily as possible me their pr om i se d p roposa l w i t h regar d t o the c omple te settlement of the debt—d es i r i ng the committee to ta k e p e into consideration the best m e ans of realising the sury bills, and empow er i ng th e m to deduct 21 percent. agreed from any moneys th e y m i g ht re ceive, were then to, and the meeting adjourned. ROBBERY BY A TRAVELLER.---A. man named Bland, who said he was a commercial traveller , wag yesterday remanded from Guildhall, charged wit h stealin g four gold rings from the shop of Mr. Bee sov, a j ewe ller, in Ludgate-hill. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TOWER OF LONDON.—..O o Tuesday morning a large number of workmen and of new guns lah.airers were busily engaged in removing tb --e upper principles. The battlements on the south-eastern portion of the ancient garriseu of the Tower of Lorton, for the purpose o f loopholesof h, latest for patentst re reception ti oferecting e be t e i a n l g y n c i n a s ti s b i v re e have been order ea by tbe i m provements ~_ - military autho rities of the War-office, Whitehall -gardens, who have been in communication with the Commander-in -Chief, and the arrangements, it is expected, will be carried out it, various parts of the Tower, which is reputed to beta ' a very defenceless condition. 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