The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-30 00:00:00

MONEY MA KET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with excitement, and prices of all kinds were 4d. per lb. higher. The sales were 18,000 bales ; 1,500 were taken for export, and 3,530 on specula tion. The Railway Share Market was quiet, but steady, and closed with a dull aspect. The advices from China, received yesterday re lative to the bombardment of Canton, have pro duced some excitement in the tea and silk trade. The value of the former article has risen about lid. per lb. for the common qualities, and 2d. to Id. for the better descriptions, and a considerable business has been transacted at that improvement. There is now, however, rather less activity than was experienced immediately after the news arrived, and the present quotation for common Congou is 111 d. tols. per lb. In other kinds of colonial produce there is no change to report, business being con fined to a few parcels of goods required for imme diate use. The stocks of silk are generally very light, and prices are exceedingly firm, with an upward tendency. Very litle influence, however, has been exercised on prices, by the bombardment, as the trade consider that no serious difficulty will arise from that event. The letters and papers by the Red Jacket from Australia were delivered this morning. No mate rial alteration in the state of trade at Melbourne is reported, but the stocks were declining, and the holders were therefore very firm, in the expecta tion that higher prices would soon be obtainable. It was not generally supposed, however, that any revival would take place until the termination of the winter. The amount of the gold brought by this vessel is 533,0001., and it is expected that about half will be taken to the Bank and the remainder to the Continent. In Lombard-street and at the Bank of England the inquiry for discounts continues active, and full rates are consequently exacted. Until the 4th of the month has passed no relief will be experi enced, but when the January dividends are paid it is probable that the quotations will again tend downwards. On the Stock Exchange also there is a good inquiry for loans, and the charges for " carrying over " in the Foreign Stock and I Railway Share markets are very onerous, although less so than at the period of the last settlements. The accounts from Paris report no further alter- " ation in the position of monetary affairs, but the t' letters from some of the other foreign markets are more favourable. At Hamburg, for instance, there is now diminished pressure, and the rate of discount which recently stood at 7or 71 per cent. 4 has declined to 61 or 6i per cent. In the silver market there continues to be a good deal of activity, and the price is well supported. The Colombo, which proceeds to India on the 6th proximo, will take out a considerable quantity of this metal. Yesterday was appointed for the further consi derationl of the resolution passed by the Stock Ex change Committee for expunging the shares of the Great Northern Railway Company. The direc tors, however, having offered sufficient explana tions, that resolution was not confirmed. Yesterday afternoon the Funds closed with a heavy appearance, and at a decline of about per cent. This morning there has been no recovery, and speculative dealing seems temporarily sus pended. The only business transacted is in con nection with the Share settlement, English Se curities being neglected. Consols have been 93i to 94 all the morning. The New Threes are 941 I ; the Reduced, 94 to 941 ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. premium ; and Do. Bonds, 981 99. Foreign Securities are also quiet, and in many instances merely nominal. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 95 to 951, and the 4 per Cents. 104 to 103. Venezuela have been dealt in at 37, and Mexican at 21g. Spanish Bonds are firm, the 3 per Cents. being 42 to 421, and the New Deferred, 24g. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 21i i; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 96 8; Spanish 3 per Cents., 44 21 2 ; ditto 1 Deferred, 241 ; ditto Certificates, 6 ; ditto _ Passive, 6 I. The arrangements usually entered into for the settlement of the half-monthly accounts have fully occupied the attention of the dealers in Railway Shares this morning, and very little business, except in connection with that event, has been transacted. Prices for the present account have undergone no particular change, but for the January settlement a slight improvement may be reported in quotations. Caledonian advanced 103., Great Northern 10s. to 155., North-Western it., Midland 10s. to 15s. North-Eastern 1.4 Berwick, and North Eastern, York, ruled steady ti at about forme r ra t es . I n t h e F ore i gn li nes very little business has been done. Lombardo-Yenetian have declined ss. ; the Canadian lines, however, have shown some improvement. Grand Trunk of o Canada for the next account were as high as 14 , and Great Western ruled steady at 24k. 1 1 Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been very inactive, and prices are generally unaltered. Commercial of London are 27, and Provincial of Ireland 60. Canada Govern- ment 6 per Cents., 113 k BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONP O'CLOCK, ( _From the Officia List.) finstne,. don. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New :1 per cent. Annuities ..• 94i Loug Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 India Bonds, 1:1000 Ditto, under £lOOO 1 d Consols 'or Account . 94 Exchequer Sills, 24d. £lOOO. £5OO ;mall Ditto Bonds, 1558, 34 per Cent.. 9BA 9 Ditto, 1559 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent 213 Spann h Boucle, 3 per Cent 42 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Turkith Ponds, fi per cent Ditto Guaranteed. 4 per Cent. Venezuela Bonds, 41 pel: Cent Ditto Account ...... Dividends on o ,ne above payable in London TWO O'CLOC Consols Ditto Accov.ut THE PELES IN SCOTLAND.—A Christmas gift was presented t• the Scotsman on Thursday, in the shape of duly stamped receipts for the " damages" and whole ex penses, amounting to nearly 1,2001., to which that jour nal was made liable by the prosecution at the instance of Mr. Duncan M‘Laren. A RArrLESNAKE.—The New York Commercial Adver tiser of the 12th inst. tells the following thrilling tale : " Last fall a woman residing in the vicinity of Worcester was picking blackberries in a field near her house, having with her her only child, a bright-eyed little fellow of less than a year old. The babe eat upon the ground, amusing itself with grasping at alums of yellow weed that grew within reach, and eating berries brought him from time to time by his mother. The latter, intent upon gathering the fine fruit, passed around a rock which hid her child from view. She was about to return to him, when hear lug hi'm laughing and crowing in great glee, and thinking he rir.iust be safe as he was so happy, she remained a little lor,ger where she was. Suddenly the little voice ceased ; sad after another moment's delay the young mother atepped upon the rock and looked over, expecting to see be babe asleep • and instead of which he was sitting perfectly mo ti o nless, his lips parted, and his wide, open eyes fixed with a singular expression upon some object Which at first she was unable to discern. N'et who can judge of her horror when, on closer scrutiny, she per ceived, some four or five feet from her infant, a rattle snake, with his glittering eyes fastened upon his and near ing him by an almost imperceptible motion. The sight of her darling's peril so nearly paralysed her, that for an in stant she half believed that dreadful fascination had ex tended to herself ; but the certainty that unless she was the instrument of salvation to her child, he was inevi tably lost, in some degree restored her powers. She glanced wildly round for something that might be used as a weapon, but nothing appeared, and already the venomous reptile had passed over half the space which divided him from his victim. A.n. , ther moment, and all would be lost ! What could be done In her hand she held a broad tin pan, and springing from the rock, quick as thought, she covered the snake with it, and stood upon it to prevent its escape. The charm was broken—the child moved, swayed to one side, and began to sob. At the soma time the mother recovered her voice and screamed for aid, retaining her position until it arrived, when the cause of her terrible fright was dispatched." rilE SUN, LONDON, TUESDA SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) . W PaW &An w k (11,4itu Pre,: yesterday. 9i 'Ambg hlu an East,. Jun B6lfirei k L! a Binning. Wolverb Stour gall ‘-y all ,Bir it eahii. jnnet„ : . Do. Chesil. 4 Ell . all i)c. all Blackburn .... all kkt!.. kTylit!;?: g • £25 (lad. at 1100 iiristo! and glae?..e 100 Caledonian. .100 Chester dr Flolyll•al. all Cork and Bandon: ' all Cork, Blank, &Pk, all ...... ' all Do. A S Do. B 45 Dulnindril!elfastittpc all Ilt? , n. P. & Jnc 100 'East Anglian 1 all 'Eastern Counties. 100 !East. A St ;8e.,10 B. Stock .. 8i 'Do , New 17: ;East Kent A. 190 Fas. 4 Istnnotfillire 1 lEast Suffolk Do. Edinburgh& t•tlasg• .1 Edin b. and Peebler Edin.Prtt &naiad 1 Forth & Clyde Jan ) Furness Glasgow dr S. Weetrn 1 !Great N. of Scotlnd !Great Norther? !Do.. A. Stock.,. • !1.,. , il Stocs.... IGt nth. &Wen. , IT, ) 1, 'Great Western Tr. tour val Rs , Gua. Stk.. .11 South-Eastern 11 'Lancaster & Carliste it. , a t. iU ~t. 11. St. li 111; 1) 4t. 1.) t. 50 I n] 1 it 1') 23 I al :Do., Thirds.. 2 (Do. New Thirds /0 LAneash..ndYorki,l, Do., Wet. Riding Tin .11 IDo. South] ort 11 London St Blekckwall Lond. Bright & S.Cst Lond, and N. Westn 20 1 if; Do. Fifths 5 i1D0.101.8h.,11{,k11.,.0 Do. Eighth...... London and EL We3tr.. Ludndrrydleoleraint Lndndrrv. & Ennisk ifanch.Shef.&Lincir Nfotropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 15 411 it. too Lo 1 [0 1 it. WO ►t. iY) 3t.11 , k) 11,A: it. 100 St. MO St. WO .4t. .40. ?,f, 23i ?.5 16 , 0 3 i ' st. n 3. .0 I all it li• 0 9 It. DI, .011 204 - 74 6i 64 97 112 105; 21 106 1076 35 Kid Jana )o. Birmng. at Dart, G. West. (Ire, Do. Half Shares :ieweastle Carlisle Id par 821 - 82?, 53 -- 55 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskille Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. qorfolk orthn.Conntiee North British nth Devou Rail Si Dock Stock Jo., A 5t0ck........ , B Stock Eastern—Berw kl •• [3i 146 69 i .0I 2 11 00 50 - • 'u. do. Extension . 00.do.G.N.E.?nrai , Do. Leeds Do. York North London . &S. Wstrn.,Flam stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire . worth Western „ V. & S. Westrn. June Wore., frz W. ,rtsmonth Rhymnoy 0tt , 911 Central Soot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St. SitinzbournekSheer. South Devon South Eastern Month Wales S. Yrksh. Riv. Da- 5 6, 10 28 11 29 73; - 82 35 4i 82i 2 1)0.. Staines, Wok. &Wot Stockton & Darling Do., do., 1554 Do., do., 1855 Stoskten & Hartlep r a ff Vale .. . Pref., No. 1. , names Hay. D.& R. Vale of Neath... Waterfd. & Kllkenn Waterfordc!:Linter • West Cornwall.. Vest End of Lond s.nd Crystal Pease Do. A . . Do. B West London Do. Fii st Class Do. Second Class... Winable , l si•tt„ 16i 50i tof 40 834 / 6 8 2 - 4 5 - 54 lusiness done s this ,Isy 100 PREFERENCE SHARK 111 I 10' 1061 6 i St. St. • 100 4i 5 6 6: LO9 113 - 108 IP 2 - 124 75! 76 17 119 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. -.Fir. Pao. Rethways. I lica • Closing Prices I Business t et ' otupar . yes er ay. s day J i Bedford 3.4 Londo7 Bletrhley K. We•t. -it Irlo Brickgoauird. . 96 98 St Clydesda. 98 102 all Col.Stour Vy, B,•U &ES 11 13 Bt. 100 E. Lin. g. 6 pe. Gt.Nrt. 133 136 5 all E. Un. H. 5... E. Connt. 4 44 St. 100 Glas, Barr. Caldonit,. Neils. Direct •.• • St. 10ii Do. New. Do ..• '• all Gistr.& Dn Fr Gt. Wes,4l • 00 all Hrtlpl. Dk Yk. New. Railway_ & Borw. .. 60 all Hull & Soli), Y. &N 14T ICB tO9 25 all Do. Share,. Jo.; ~. 12:1 all Do. 3 Shares. D 0....„ 121 all Lon.&Grcena 8. Easto 12i -- 13 20 all IDo.Preferenee D 0....., ~ 224 • 234 St. 100 Lon., Til.„k; • Peto &C`o 112 - 114 10 3i Do. Bark. Sh, Do 1 p St. 100 Lowestoft 4 per cent Nortek St. 1(e) Do. 6 per et Do Mauch. Batt, L.&N. W and Math, x & Midl.l. 21 21 all Middleabrn' Stcktou & Redc.g 6 p.c. Darlingt. t. 100 Midld. Bradt Midlard .. 91 93 54 Newmarket Bury E. (Up, En. Conn.! p pm i 0 all N.& E s t.sp. e E. Count. 56 58 all Do. 6 per ct. Dc,.. ;C all Do. Fixeds p c Do. .... • 5 all Prost. & y: L. & N.W. - 21 all Do. A Shr,. A Do It. lilo Roysin.& Hit IR Northa 132 135 Shot Roth an Lancash& Gooleg.sp.c Yorksh. II all Shrews.&Her T. Brassey 101 8. Statlordsh M.MClean 81 9.1 Wear Vallqg Stockt. & por cent_ Dardngt all Do Do 33 i 4 t 100 Wiits& c:.inrst GtWestn I 89 91 1109 tll 102 104 62 - 64 9i - 10; 6 95 - 97 85 87 99 101 10 101 16i 17. 10 10i 73 - 75' 19. - 20 9i -10 . i 141 • 15j 139 142 117 - 119 - 153 I st. ••• 60 70 !in - 139 98 - 100 89 - 1 - li 102 -104 92 94 1i i d' id- - p 07 - 108 114 - 116 105 - 110 17 - Li 23 24 102 - 105 10i 10$ ••• • 27 7 3 • 40 ••• 3 - 31 HINES LOs all I Au;. - clo Californian 20 7 Australian I - 1 all Baden (Gld.Duchy of; 'lO all Blain/sr. Iron & Coal ... • 20 14 British Iron 74 Si 35 26A Brazilianlmp.(issuel at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Comes ,Sr Cuiab 3* .-. 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del R 4 3, 15 - 17 1 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica p - 40 all Cobre Copper - 9 5 11 Colonial Gold ...... St. all Copper Min. of Em_ 30 - 25 25 all Do. Prof. 71 p. cent 25 27 C,opiapo l3 - 15 2 all Fortuna - id 20 , all Genual 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßog. _ 41 all Great Polgooth 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite l 4 - 1 all Liberty ...... ..... 3 Linares • 5I 11 Lusitauian ld - p .• 0 01 ' all hiariquita. 1 all New Granada I 8 - 10 • ••• 251) allalll 1E pp N oo o rn t ittvgpei suili Monde.m 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron. 15 all Do. New 30 Santiagols Sort. Cons. de Cuba.. in.Co. ; 1 232 22.9 1 6s, 1 all South Australian.. . 1 all Do. Scrip ••• 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref - ... 41 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. ---1 10 9 Pin Croft , 31 -- 281 United Mexican 34 - 4 1 •• 1 all West Mariposa a • 1 12s Worthing Mining of Australia - itt i SC ELLA NROTTB. 25 19 ustraiiai. grie,,it 24 - 25 10 11 tostrain. Royal Mail - 10 all Berlin Water Works 41 5 50 40 irit. American Land 40 45 1003 4 Canada . l2B 132 '0 '.oo.6p.c..Tan,Srjaly 1131 113; i 34 4 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug - St. 100 Da.6p c. Mar & Sept ... - 5 all Crystal Palace 2 21 21 5 all Do. Preference 5l 51 4 a. l C rystal Pal. of France 1 Duston Iron Ore - • 20 151 Eastern Steam St. 100 14:leetric Telegraph 93 -- 92 1 all Electric Teleg. of Jr 5 all En.diAus Cop Sm Co 14 - 11 25 all Gon. Ir Sc Col (lira.) - ••• 15 14 G en . Stearn Nita., 11 all General Screw Steam 20 5 London Discount - P 4 all Lond. Gen, Omnibus 31 - 3i 20 10 Magd a l ena St. Ns.y* 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel 10 all Wexitan&S.Americu. - . I 25 5 Nat. Discount Co 25 1 Do. New • 1p 10 5 Netherlands Land 10 all Do. Do. .... 3i 4 , 5 3 Do. BpcPissatld A 5 1 Do. Do. 100 80 Now B. & N.S. Land 1p N.S.W. Gov. sp.e.D. 1 all N. B. Australasian # 20 174 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 4 3 . d 1 all Oriental Gas 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" p S .11 Peel Rr. Ld. & MinrL 21 pm 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 66 6 xdbonns 50 10 Do. New 4 sr, 100 it' Royal Mail Steam 66 68 n 1 tl Scot. Austral. Invest 1 a - 1 all Ditto New l4 14 25 ‘ll South Aufit,r3l.7.4A , d 36 • 38 1 Al Submar. Tel. Scrip 1 1 ‘1 Registered.... 1 20 1 1 - , TH,•• l o.lT.r•wn. 100 Van Diemen's Land /6 18 X d a if V. 413 2 6 P11 4 .. 14/3 / 0"Ul l ..!! all Myth audTync 10pc c. prof. (i55(1.2.t50 , 100 Brio. & Ex. 4p.c. A. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 ‘ialedn. £lO 4i p.c 100 lims.& Flo. Gn. 5. • 100 Do. do. Pref. 5 per e. all Cork dtßanclons9, al Dua.Prth Aber.J. 2 E. Anglian Cis. A St, 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. • . 1G) Do. do Cis. C7p. c all Eas. eo. Ex, spcN , all Do. No. 2 .... all Do. New 6 p. c. all East ITn., G. 6 p. all Do. 51., 10 per con , all Do. 101. De6entr.S l all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Lane a , ll 6 p.ct. all E.& W. York. .1. sth• 4 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.a. sh 1100 Ed. Prth.krbin.4 p. 100 Furnesp, sp. e. St S. W • 0. t' 100 Great Northn. sp. 100 Do. 5 p. a. Redeem at 10 p. c. pram la. Do. 43 p. c 60 D 0.5 p. c., Red. at all Gt.N. of Scot. leit Pr• 100 Gt. A. ItW. (Ireland 14 Do. 4per 0. Prof. S 6 Gt. W.(B.tH.Ezspc 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c 11)0 Do. irred. 4p. c. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do.ChesterS c.P all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 10( Do. Birm. Gua. Stl4 all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh all Do. do. do 01 Do. do. do 6 Lan. & York. F 2l 110•• Do. 6 p. a. Stock 100 Lon.&B. G. 5 p0.N0.1 'lOO Do. P., 5 pr.•. St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar.6 n. 100 Do. do. sp. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. aucaton 5 p. et. 100 S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares all L Color. a Sh. ; all Lonely. & Ennis. 103 L.. 6 p. Cent 44 Do. do. do. £6 , 100 Do. do. 34 per cent. all waryyt.&Carl.4 p all Di,. 4 per cent .. 10' Do. do. 100 Kid. Consol.6 p.c St 100 )o. 6pc 100 Do. 4a p. c. Pref. t 100 Ditto L.& H. Pref. St New., Aber., die., pr. all 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 all No fk. Doh, 4 p.c. ah 100 Do Pref. 5p.0. St 100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 1100 D. 5 1 i per c.pf ,1847 7 1 1 100 Do. Wv.V.Spc.,lB4 100 North British 32 Do 71. Preference lot , N. E. Pony, ip.c. F. 8! Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c No. , 9 Do. do. Qre.,1848... 10 Do.YorkH.St ` l . Pnr. all North Staffordshire. 100 Ox,Wo, 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. all Soot. ()out. ,New Prof 100 Sc.N.E. Abor.g 6Pc all Do. d0.,7 p, c. pf. st. 100 D0.d0.,3i p.c. pf. st , all South Devon all Do. fixed, 4i per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 10t, Do. 4i per cent all Do. Fixed 4i p e eh 100 3 Wales Guts. 4p. a ,100 Do. do. 4i p. c.... • all 3 .lyr oriKsh.4p.c.Cluar. all S'tock.at Dar., sp. c. 15 Do. do. do a ll Stock. Hartl. g._6l p.c. till July 1,'661 all Waterffi.&Kilk.6pcl ••• .' ... - St. 20 Rt. St. ::t. COLONIAL. S , tu Utty isaruct , con. India, g. 5 p. c, Do, Ceylon A shares__ Do. B. do , ercei-arr, ....... Eastern Bengal .'' '' • East Indian A and B, g• 613. Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do, do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.4 )o. do. do., '59, de Geelong & Melbourne' guar, 5 per cent. 4d. Trunk of Canada r)o. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till '631 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 A, c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c .4t. Western of Cana() a Do. New Do. Bde., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. 'Do. do., '73, withou I option.. Madras, guar. 41 p.c Do. do., 5 P. c. Do. 44 p. c. Eaten Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c Strode, guar. 5 p. c. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) FOR: :GN ntwerp&liott rdh m Ardennes Belgian Eastn. June leviers to Grai seese• c Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carineaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry T)utot: Rhenish Eq./dem of France New Euphrates Valley Eur. in.Jn .Tel. Rail Gt. Central oi Fran e ;real Luxembourg Italian Junction....., Lake Cont & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Genova Lyons & Mediterran. %(aria Antonia ... Do. do. New !camur 4 LI ege Do. do., C pCc. Pref. Northern of France. YorwegianTrunkPf Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans. • Recife & San. Fran., (Pornana.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati ,yal R.oyal Swedish 4smbre and Menk.c Do. 54 p. cent. Pref ;onthern of France Vest Flanders Pc. 5:1, per c. Prof , r. & N. W. of France Western of Austria West, of Switzerland Wiesbaden .. Do. 8 per cent. Pref. kascruissir. Bank of Egypt Bank of London iri. Col. Bk.& Ln. C. tritish N. American .3'nartd. Bank of Asia (Jhrtd. }ink. of India, Australia, China City Colonial Commercial of Lord gag. s'e o t. & Ans. Cht Loud. Chart. Bk of i Australia ..... Ditto New London and County 1.,m1.8rE. Bnk g. Corp London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Pro.ef Eng Do. Naw .......... • National Bank New South Araiea 'C/riental Isk. Corp Ottoman Bank erovincial of Ireland Ito. New N ~ .4. Ana B 3o Im -. ,ith A !!stralit. Do. Now Unity Mutual Western Bk of Londi 1 2p 1 lip 5 5i 31 -32 i 9 - 10 - P 4 5 • .d ia lip 16' - 19 - 19; 37 - 37 8 1 8 i 54 54. 51 63 i - 1P - ••• 1S - 20 1 - 9 93 9 9 3 4i 4i 91 10 33 - 34 4 - +Ol t4T-ST$ lel4 BANKM 93 —loo+ _Ad par 1 d 67 - 69 17i IT 19 - 20 18; 19 38 39 1 d 35 37 66 - 68 7 - 9 10 Bdi 6 l l' id 1 11 ... - ... 1 - 11 113 - 115 1 2 2p 21:3 - 22 13i - 14 80 85 21# -22 A 1# I#p 24 - 143 26 - 2#p 99 - 100 115 120 115 - 120 '()8 110 20 - 20 22i - 22i 1 1 14 1 2i 2ip 15 2 !O 411 !C r 411 0 nll 5 ill 5 all 0 I all 1:1 •11 8 all !CI 10s. .7i All 9 2s. Ali 00 all * I 8.11 15 all lo all tO 5 all 10 41 20 10 5 all 16 103 6 sq- . ) ,0 2s. LO 10s. 0I all 0 all 5 all 15 !.0 all 333 / 4 all 10 all 40 20 all 16 all 40 al! all !O !O 6 .0 7i 5 all .1 :1 10 111 20 all 0 dl 0 *AI 6 all 6 all CO all 0 all 5 00 tit; 0 'll )0 :1 !ri 50 !O i 15 A) I zrdi sl. in 10 50 19 5Q st. 13i i St. 20 25 25 3 p 5 1 IN RE BRAGGIOLI AND TESTS, These bankrupts had carried on business ai merchants, in Lombard-street, and today way appointed for their last examination. An adjournment took place by consent, Messrs. Hart not having completed the accounts. The debts are stated at between 11,0001. and 12,0001.; assets, between 2,0001. and 3,0001. IN RE FAIREURN. This bankrupt was described as of King's-cross, coffee house keeper, and to-day came up to pass his last exa• mination. The bankrupt had sold off all his property just before his bankruptcy, and went to Liverpool, but surrendered under the bankruptcy. Mr. Beard (trout the office of Mr. Buchanan) appeared for the assignees, and asked for an adjournment, to afford an opportunity for inquiry, which was granted accordingly. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE STUART. This bankrupt was described as of Cambridge, tailor, and to-day came up to pass his 134 examination o►, accounts prepared by Messrs. Paul and Turner, showing debtor to creditors, 6281. 58. 11d. ; creditor—by good debts, principally from persons connected with the colleges, 2581. 6s. 7J. ; doubtful, 521. 6s. 6d. ; property realised, 1341. 7s. ; losses, 1691. The bankrupt passed without opposition. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. Mary Norman, a respectably-dressed female, about 18 years of age, in the service of Mr. Hinckley, corn-dealer, of Seething-lane, was placed on remand at the bar, before the Lord Mayor, charged with stealing a sovereign and other articles, his property. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that he was induced to take her into his service in consequence of the strong recom• ntendation of his daughter, who had been deceived by the statements or the prisoner. A previous master of the prisoner came forward and said that he discharged her from his employ, believing she wilfully set fire to some articles of his in his house, and also with having stolen money from him. In this case the evidence of stealing was not clear against the prisoner, and his lordship sent her to prison for 21 days for illegal possession of a pair of gloves and some handkerchiefs. Thomas Cross, a rather " horsey looking youth," vra charged on remand with attempting to pick pockets at the Blackwell Railway station. The prisoner is a noto rious character, and has been several times before sum. madly convicted. His lordship sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment with hard labour, and to his astonishment directed that his gold watch and chain and ring should be sold to defray the expenses of his maintenance. The prisoner was well got up with gloves, eye-glass, "all sound" collar, &c., but there was an unmistakeable characteristic of the vocation about him. In June last he was summarily convicted at Reading for attempting to pick a lady's pocket in a railway carriage. THAMES. ROBBING A POLICE-CONSTAILB'S LODGINGB.—EIIen Mahony, an Irish woman, aged 21, and at the time of her apprehension, dwelling at 8, New-square, Limehouse, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charger) with stealing four shirts, two chemises, two pillow. cases, a pinafore, and other articles, the property of Redshaw Spring, a police-constable of the K division, residing in Batson-street, Limehouse. It appeared from the evidence, that in the absence of the policeman and his wife, on Saturday last, their apartment was entered, and the property, above named, stolen. A. woman named Maria Blake heard a great noise in the policeman's dwelling, and the breaking open of a door. She also saw the prisoner emerge from the house with a bundle in her possession. The door of the policeman's room bad not only been forced open, but the lock was torn off and could not be found. Considerable damage was also done to •arione articles in the room. The police traced the prisoner to her dwelling in New•street, and took her into custody. A portion of the property was found in her possession. On being taken into custody, the prisoner said she wished to follow her husband, who was transported for a robbery. The prisoner—That's a lie. Policeman —You did say so. Prisoner—You are a liar. Mr. Selfe told the prisoner to behave herself, and not call people liars. Mrs. Baylis, the wife of a police constable, stated that she searched the prisoner at the station•honse, and found the lock of a door tied up in the corner of her apron. Mrs. Spring identified the lock, which had been torn from the door of her room. She heard the prisoner say she should like to go along with her husband, who was transported. Mr. Selfe—Sho will not be indulged in that wish ? The prisoner—lt's a lie altogether. Mr. Selfe—Do you wish the case to be sent to the sessions or settled here ? The prisoner—l am not guilty. Mr. Selfe sentenced the prisoner to two months' im prisonment and hard labour for the unlawful possessio❑ of the property found upon her, and warned her that it she was brought before him a second time for felony she would most probably be sent for trial, and sentenced to a long period of penal servitude. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 30.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; moderate breeze and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 29.—Wind N.W. to W.—Arrived —H.M.S. Stromboli, from Malta; H.M.S.'s Industry and Shannon, Lisbon. FALMOUTH, Dec. 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Re ciprocity, from Monte Video. COWES, Dec. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived—Waterlily, from Moulmein. Quebec, G it I f n o ry Hull, Dec. 29. which —The w e n S t i r 0 n W s i l h l o i a r e m about Wal la c t h h e, from 12th November, on Telney Sands, has been got oft' after dis charging her cargo and brought in here. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.-- Washington (s.), from Bremen. NEWPORT Dec. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived—True Blue from Santander. , SALCOMBE, Dec. 29.—Sailed—Josephine, for Newfound land. (PER ELECTRIC , TELRGRAPII.i LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N. Arrived—Mississippi, from Quebec. Sailed —Karnak (a s), for Trieste. DUBLIN, Dec. 29. Wind N.W. Sailed—Mary Anne, for Melbourne. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Ttlesia,y, 9.17 a.m. Wind W. ; tide, last hour's ebb; weather fine. Arrived, Dec. 30.—Rosebud, from Rotterdam. Sailed, Dec. 30.—Soho, steamer, for Havre; Rhine, New York. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.12 a.m. Wind W.; moderate. Passed—Mary Harrison, from Madras and Tutocorin, for London ; athtetyre, from Havre, for London. Sailed—Vasco de Gama, for Hull. MARKET 'ay) HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 4/ 4s ; clover do., 3/ 10a to 5/ 03; and straw, 1/ 4s t• 1/ Os per load. A steady Trade. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 4s ; clover do., 31 10s to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 Os per load. Trade firm. WHITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs tc 4/ 4s ; clover do., 31 108 to 5/ ss; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ Os per load. A limited supply. A supplement extraordinary of the Lucerne Journal of the 25th, makes known the number of jurymen se looted from different cantons to sit on the trial at Neu chatel. Geneva furnishes 6 ; Vaud, 23 ; Fribourg, 8 ; Neuchatel, 4 ; Berne, 9 ; and Valais, 4. THE TRADE OF LIVERPOOL.—LIVERPOOL MONDAY. —The Customs Bill of Entry, published this morning, gives a return of the number and tonnage of ships that have entered inwards from and cleared outwards for foreign ports in the week ending the 27th of December, 1856, as well as the correspondif , g week of 1855. It appears that during the last week 40 ships, of an aggre gate tonnage of 24,502 tons entered inwards, against 160 ships, 77,828 tons, in 1855, being a decrease of 112 in the number of ships, and a decrease of 53,326 tons in the tonnage ; the numuer of clearances outward,. during the week, 61 ships, of a tonnage of 37,619 tons, against 44 ships and 20,573 tons in 1855, being an in crease of 17 ships and 17,046 tons. The total number of ships reported inwards from foreign ports during the present year up to the 27th of December was 4,344, with a tonnage of 2,472,103 tons, against 4,168 ships and 2,076,663 tons in the year 1855, showing an increase of 176 ships and 395,450 tons. EVENING, DECEMBER 30 1856 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Mr. Commissioner Evans and Mr. Commissioner Efolroyd were the sitting Commissioners, but were occu pied—the former up to half-past 12, and the latter till 1 o'clock—at private meetings upstairs. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE WREN AND WREN. These bankrupts were described as of Charlotte-mews, Fitzroy-square, iron bedstead manufacturers, and to-day was appointed for their last examination, which was ad journed, no accounts having been filed. CHRISTMAS BOOKS. Pictures of Life and Character. By John Leech. Second Series. Bradbury and Evans. Glorious John Leech has here rejoiced our hearts by giving us a Second Series of his inimitable " Pictures of Life and Character.' And what pictures they are, to be sure ! The very chefs d'oeuvre from Mr. Punch's Portfolio—the treasures from the Collection of our art-loving, fun-poking, pun joking, English Charivari ! Wh it " Life" sparkles in them—what " Characters" flit in gro tesque procession across the pages ! Life enough to suit the taste of the "fastest" man amongst us— Characters suffizient to set up a whole century of Twelfth Night anniversaries ! What pretty girls are introduced to us by this delightful Master of the Ceremonies ! Just precisely the young ladies one would like, of all things, to glide off into the waltz with, or even audaciously conduct under the shadow of the pendant mistletoe ! Charming damsels, many of them having a marvellous family likeness to that sweetest picture of prettiness we well know of, drawn in a few wonderful lines of pen-and-ink, by a much greater artist, by the way, in pen-and ink drawings, than even the ingenious M. Minasi, we mean Mr. Charles Dickens—the por trait sketched for us, one fine Christmas season, to the very T, to the very life, to the very letter —the dainty, delectable, delicious likeness ! how dearly we treasure up in our memory its every lineament)the portrait of Scrooge's nephew's wife—his own sweet wife at home ! How does it run ?—the passage containing that most exquisite description: —" She was very pretty : exceedingly pretty. With a dimpled surprised-looking capital face ; a ripe little mouth that seemed made to be kissed—as no doubt it was ; all kinds of good little dots about her chin, that melted into one another when she laughed ; and the sunniest pair of eyes you ever saw in any little creature's head. Altogether she was what you would have called provoking, you know ; but satisfactory too. Oh, perfectly satisfactory." Well —that is somehow precisely the very kind of face John Leech's pencil loves to multiply. " What you would call provoking, you know : but satisfactory—Oh, perfectly satisfactory And the children—John Leech's children ! What a family he has ! Boys and girls—old-fashioned and young-fashioned—little prigs in tail-coats and white chokers, and Master Hopefulls up to every sort of boyish lark, and freak, and absurdity you can think of ! Little Pickles and Meddlesome Motties ! Jacks and Jills—tiniest of Gammers and tiniest of Gaffers —chubby-cheeked, laughing-eyed, pert, prepos terous, shy, laughable, loveable, kissable, little imps of mischief ! Just the very children one would like to take to a large middle box at Old Drury to see Blanchard's new Christmas Pantomime. The very audience for Hot Cedlins and Tipitiwitchit ! Precisely the kind of little people for a romping game of blindman's buff—or a screaming struggle of fun over a dish of snap-dragon—or for sitting in shrill rows of wonder opposite the white sheet of a magic lantern ! Children almost all of them— thoroughly and intensely children ! Not like the two boys in the famous classic group of the Lao coon—capitally described by Tom Moore in his " Memoirs," where he speaks of them not as boys so much as " little men 1" 0, the rabble rout of the young rogues trooping over these pages of fun from merry old Mr. Punch's plea sant Collection ! And charmingly interspersed with these boys and girls and " faire ladyes " what a medley of other and most miscellaneous characters. "Paterfamilias," portly and bow-win dowed ! "Materfamilias," plump and rubicund " Flunkeyana," putting us still on the broad grin. And " Servant Gallism," almost moving us to tears with intense laughter. Ridiculous "Old Briggs" tumbling continually into more and more ludic rously improbable predicaments. Nonsensical "Tom Noddy" going it, at a devil of a pace, up hill and down dale, across country, neck or-nothing, heels over-head :as Jack Brag would say, "Right up, straight down, and uo mistake !" And all the follies of the day iu Dress—how Mr. Leech embalms them in the amber of his ridicule ! Like the memorable straws and flies that, once upon a time, puzzled the late Mr. Pope of Twickenham ! The long skirted frock coats, for all the world (as one of these delighful Pictures saith) like those of the Funny Little Men in the Noah's Ark of the nursery. The next-to-nothing bonnets that another of these Pictures reveals to us, at last so much "off the head," in the wearing, that they are borne behind the young ladies (as they walk through the streets) upon silver salvers iu the hands of Footmen ! Then look at the " Cabbies" again, as drawn " from the life," by John Leech—almost, if that be within the bounds of possibility, more insolent than the genuine live real originals ! And the Ticket-of-Leavers—what amiable young inno cents they appear in these Pictures, don't they ? Precisely the bodyguard one would like to have in attendance down a dark lane at three o'clock in the morning. With belchers conveniently loose about their own throats—the very thing to be whisked off for a sudden freak of garotting. And ancle-jacks, or high-lows, or whatever these abominable foot gear are called—the aptest pumps imaginable, one would think to look at them, for a professional "merchant of capers gay"—born to dance a fan dago upon nothing outside the great gate of Newgate, to the tune of the passing bell of St. Sepulchre's ! Ah, well there is a moral, too (discoverable whenever you care to look tor it), underlying all the fun and frolic of these "Pictures of Life aud Character." The laughter John Leech suns us with is very wise and very genial laughter. It is always well-tempered. It is always—what Gillray's and Rowlandson's used not o be—decent. It is chiefly directed against those especial bugbears of Mr. Thomas Carlyle of Chelsea and of Teufelsdrochet—shams, and flatus, and flunkies. Leech proves himself in this way, morally speaking—a true Leech by nature as well as by name. He may be designated, moreover, with perfect accuracy, the veritable Spirit of Punch —as Lemon gives to it its pleasantly acidulated flavour—and Jerrold imparts to it a wholesome relish of tonic bitterness ! As this Spirit of Punch, as the Great Presiding Genius of the London Charivari, John Leech is sure to receive at all times, and at all hands, the heartiest welcome friend could have. A welcome thrice-told, when he comes flashing up through this Second Series, like the Spirit of Fun through the stage-trap in the fairy opening of the Christmas Pantomime ! That is the exhilarating aspect of his apparition upon the title-paga—the rest of the book, all the glorious ninety-six pages as we turn them over, being to us, for all the world, like the gay, roystering bustle of the laughter-moving harlequinade ! The Eighteenth Century ; or, Illustrations of the Manners and Customs of our Grandfathers. By Alexander Andrews. Chapman and Hall, Pic cadilly. Mr. Andrews commences his preface to this in teresting volume by saying—" if it were possible for to retrace but three steps down the ladder of Time, we should alight into a world which we, should not recognise as our own—as rich in curiosi ties as the buried cities of Italy, and of which, in the course of another generation, we shall know as little about the domestic customs as we do about the every-day life of Etruria." He further declares that "England in the present century no more resembles England in the last than the native inhabitants of Australia resemble those of Africa." This is doubtless partially true. Modes, habits, and customs, the conduct of criminal codes, public affairs, commercial transactions, and the whole bearing of the social and ministerial community of old England are wonderfully changed from what they were a hundred years ago. A century since the "aristocracy" issued with their sedans and torch- . bearers from the elite portals of Holborn and Bloomsbury. Then there were daily fairs in " merrie Islington," and matches of football and cricket in Covent-garden. Then the gentlemen sported bob-wigs, pig -tails, plush breeches, cocked hats, and lace ruffles. Then the ladies wore dia mond stomachers, piebald plaster spots, and head dresses two feet high. Then " bucks" and " bloods' made gallant onslaught against ricketty watch boxes, and still more ricketty " Charlies. Then duels were fou,ht by dozens in the fields of Isling ton and Pancras. Then men were gibbetted and quartered for stealing a few shillings, and women were roasted alive for counterfeiting the same coins. Then it took nine days to go to Edinburgh, and passengers by Greenwich stages were robbed in Kent street by single footpads. Then bulls and bears were baited, and ancient dames drowned by " ducking." Then Fleet Ditch had its drawbridges, Temple-bar its row of bleeding human heads, and Piccadilly its renowned highwaymen- Then we had the Lady Bountiful of country man sions, in stiff starched cap and hood, large flowered damask gown and hoop, with ivory headed crutch-stick, and fat pug clog as an attendant favourite. A goodly bunch o f keys jingled at her waist, indicating corner cupboards, and sacred oaken closets, with stores . of rich co r dial waters, cherry brandy, complexion wa shes, Duffy's Elixir, juleps , salves, and electwuries. Then there was the legitimate country squire with his breeches, boots, and jockey cap, who sat in his great arm-chair in his great hall, amid chines and flitches, fishing-rods, guns, stags, antlers, and rusty swords, and entertained his tenants by the Christ mas log fire, with jorams of ale, bowls of punch, and jolly and wonderful stories of his youth and ancestry. Mr. Andrews has taken us back to those olden times, and presented us with genuine sketqh/s from contemporary authorities, in a well-arranged focus, which serve well to elicit comparison of the present and the past, and afford an agreeable glimpse of dust-covered " bygo nes " t o th e gaze o f the exist• ing generation. Those who have any curiosity respecting the living, doing, and saying of our grandfathers and grandmothers cannot do better than procure " England in the Eighteenth Cen tury." They will meet with elucidation on all chief and popular points, from " Black Boys and Running Footmen" to War Taxes and Newspaper Literature ; from Fleet Marriages and Funeral Ceremonies to Pressgangs and the South Sea Bubble. The Family Friend for 1856. Ward and Lock, Fleet-street. This volume contains its accustomed variety of matter, iußtructive and entertaining. Tales and Sketches, Domestic Hints, Poems, Puzzles, Enig mas, and miscellaneous pleasantries abound in its pages, recommending themselves to general readers. Among the " Definitions of Common Words " the following are gcol : " Authority"—A Becephalus which few can rein with the judgment of an Alexand er . " Enthusiast"—A runaway steam-engine. " Poetry"—Truth in holiday attire. "Promise"—The green branch on which the dove of Faith rests. " DeTair"—lnsolvency of the heart. " Tact"—Graspiug a nettle to prevent the sting. Sidney Grey ; a Tale of School . Life, By the author of " Mia and Charlie." Bogue. This is one of the most pleasing tales offered to the young at this season, and it is also likely to be among the most profitable. It shows a circle of young people in their daily life, during a most im portant and critical period, a year of trial and temptation, such as is not often met with for a con tinuance, but which may be observed occasionally in the course of earthly careers. The hero, Sidney Grey, is a noble character. In consequence of an accident met with in childhood he was much afflicted, and could not move without the aid of crutches ; but the spiritual had triumphed over the material in his nature. He was always ready to assist and sympathise with his more favoured brothers and sisters, and by constant care, by unvarying kindness, and by the steady course of good example which he set them, he produced a great improvement in all their habits. They had to leave their early home and part from their father, to dwell among strangers, besides many more troubles. During all these troubles they were not separated, and a more attached household could not have been found. The differing tempers of the various members are well described—the gentle Amy, who was apt to become indolent, the ener getic Charlotte, wilful and self-opinionated at times, the bold Edward, who was as brave as a lion in defence of his brother Sidney, to whom he looked up with a sort of reverence. The adventures of their school life are also ably sketched, and display a vigour and vivacity that insures their meeting with regard. The head boy of the school, Lyon, is a fine high-spirited youth, in whom the genius of good and evil seemed struggling for the mastery. It was through the influence of Sidney that the better part prevailed, although many times clouds of doubt and mistrust came over their intercourse. It is shown, however, that the good seed was not to die in the heart, although for a time nothing but sorrow and trouble came upon the hero. He was falsely accused, and suspicion was verified by many strange circumstances. - linable to prove his inno cence, Sidney had to bear the consequences of guilt. His schoolfellows avoided and shunned him ; only his brother E award, with one friend, stood by him. After many confusions had arisen the truth was discovered, and all hastened to tes tify their admiration and approval of Sidney. With this triumphant vindication of his innocence and integrity the Greys' school career was closed, for their father returned from India, and, to their great delight, proposed to take them with him to Italy. After a year of misfortunes they confessed them selves happier, for they had learned what could not be taken from them with the fluctuations of for tune—the art of governing themselves. It is true that amid the rejoicings and mirth Sidney's thoughts seemed directed to a more ultimate des tination—tbe land where the crooked shall be made straight ; but that was in accordance with his life throughout. It is impossible to be otherwise than charmed with the home circle of the young adven turers, so much of life in its young morning of hope and gay spirits is there apparent. Sidney Grey is likely to become a favourite from its attractive qualities, while it inspires respect from the tone that is infused into its pages. Saxelford ; a Story for the Young. By E. J. May, author of " Louis's School Days," ch. Routledge and Co. - - The writer of this little story is one of the many clever and agreeable authors to whom juvenile readers have good cause to be thankful. Her for mer works, "Louis's School Days," and "The Sun shine of Cireystune," have already gained her many friends, and the pleasantly written We before us will assuredly add to their number. A cheerful tone pervades the story, which impresses a strict and conscientous morality. The evil consequences of littlefaults indulged, and bad tempers unchecked, are closely shown, and the opposite side of the pic ture is painted in equally striking colours. Little Lucy, the heroine, from being an over-indulged and passionate chili, under the good influence of her governess, becomes gentle and unselfish, and her good example is highly beneficial to her com panions. On the contrary, her cousin Constance, though much older and better brought up, through yielding to her habits of deceit and false excuses, ends by becoming involved in petty theft and deli berate falsehood. There are, perhaps, I too many textsintroduced for the general reader, but the interest of the story may make the most indifferent overlook the prominence of the moral. It is prettily bound and illustrated, and forms a very suitable gift book for young persons. The Ocean Child; or, " showers and Sunshine." By Mrs. Harriet Myrtle, authoress of " The Little Sister," dsc. Addey. This is an interesting little tale ; the plot is a very romantic one, but naturally narrated. The heroine, Blanche, is a peculiar child, whose adven tures are as strange as her own character is un usual. She was of Indian birth, and the vessel in vvhich'she came over to England was shipwrecked, she was washed ashore, and by a series of mistakes and misconceptions was looked upon as the child of a servant, while she was in reality the daughter of Mrs. Howard's brother. This lady adopted her, however, and her sweet daughter Christie did all that kindness could suggest to alleviate the suffer ings of her lot. It was not for many years that the mystery was solved, and the young Blanche had many trials to undergo, some of which were occasioned by her own wilful and impetuous dis position. She at last leaves her peaceful home with her adopted brother and sister, to comfort and support her grandfather, as she believes Mr. Wilson to be. She passes some time there, when unexpected visitors arrive, in the person of Bar bara, the real granddaughter, and her father John. As may be supposed Blanche was not sorry to leave the cottage for her early home. She was dis covered to be the niece of her whom she regarded as a mother. She is left a rich heiress, and her dearest work is to erect a house for "children who have no other safe home here on earth." Christie is an engaging child, whose manners are delightful, but inferior in ability to Blanche. Captain Howard is a noble specimen of an English sailor, and his genuine kindness was the greatest benefit to the lonely orphan in her early years of trouble, when even Mrs. Howard misunderstood her character, and was unfavourably inclined to her in conse quence of unkind suggestions made by . others. The ocean child's early struggle with the raging waters was emblematical of her life, singularly stormy and tempestuous. Yet often as she was drifting amid the breakers she was as often saved by the inter position of some kind friend, some thought of good. The conflict and the victory here represented m ay teach the young how to pass the waves of thi s t ro ublesome world to their present happiness and future welfare. M an y scenes and incidents corn_ bine to render this a lt og ether au agreeabl e story, and it has the claim of novelty in Soule of it ' s arrangements. Halloran.l 3 Hall. 's. Twelve Months with the Bashi-Bazouk Ed ward Money. Chapman and By Eight Months' Journal of F r is . t Japan, &c. By A. L.to Loochoo, a ainineut The Spirit of Travel. By Char les These are three unpretendin Longman man and Hall. Packe. Chap' from which much en tet t • works of travel, by the reader, and ing some very different variety of information respect ing and their the Bashi-Bazouks, ' plac es . The first work, about m ay be derivetd_ the now familiarls, as its none implies, and late a he must have ne'gbbourhood. The writer is a : places of Sebastopol, Constanti nople,.lieutenant-colonel of the I perial Ottoman army, captain of theraßaahi-Bazouks, conse quentlyhad opportunities of beemi ing ac qua i nted with their charlcteristics. This work affords some a musing g lim p ses of oriental life, and is embellished by some coloured lithogra- P hi " The cg Eight Monofths' ar, Joduring urnal" was kept to on board of a sloop w visits Loo c h oo, Japan , and P o otoo, by the author, a master in the Roy al Navy. From the remote and secluded character of the Japanese Empire, the reader will find some novelty in this little work, whi c h, though not describing any startling or won• derful occurrences, is pleasantly and simply writ ten. ' ' The Spirit of Travel" is from the pea of a member of the Inner Temple. The author admits that it is a somewhat pretentious title for so small a volume, and he did not aim so much at a de scription of the country through which he passed, as to convoy an idea of the impressions it produced ou his mind, Switzerland was the scelie of his travels ; but he favours us with his opinions and experiences in England, France, and America. There is a slightly didactic tone in his work, of which he seems to be aware, and b e di sc l a i ms any intention of dogmatising or of wi s hi ng t o b r i ng others to his way of thinking. The work will not be without attractions for travellers, w h o w ill b e compare the experiences and impressions of a a n ble ob t s o ery observant and intelligent tourist with their own recollections. The Girlhood of Catharine de Medici. By J. A . Trollope. Chapman and Hall. This interesting volume is not so much a memoir of Catharine de Medici, as a picture of the stat e o f Italy in those troubled and stormy times. It traces the fortunes of Catharine from her birth to her marriage, and shows the evil influences that con stantly surrounded ker. The state of affairs in Florence, from the Revolution which immediately succeeded the news of the sack of Rome, down to its miserable condition under the tyranny of Ales sandro, occupies a considerable portion of the work. The chief events of the life of Clement the Seventh, his treaties and dealings with the rival monarchs, Francis the First and Charles the Fifth, are full of interest to the students of history. Though, of c ourse , t h e au th or ' s v i ews may b e ob jected to, few of hi s rea d ers w ill d eny th a t h e h as written his work with care and moderation. He has certainly drawn the picture in its darkest colours, and the result is not very flattering to human nature ; but he has evidently studied his subject deeply, and appears to h ave b een at l east an unprejudiced writer. This wo r k f orms a very useful accompaniment to larger and more ambi tious histories. His heroine, whose name has been notorious for her cruelty, he regards as the natural result of her age, " a penetrating intelligenc e , wholly devoid of moral ideas: , In his concluding chapter he remarks :--" All her educating influ enc3s pointed steadily and consistently in one di rection, and their result was to leave her a c ti ve and acute int e ll ec t wholly uninformed by any moral ideas whatever. }light and wrong were practically words devoid of sense for her. Expe dient, inexpedient ; prudent, imprudent ; wise, foolish ; successful, unsuccessful ; these, and such like qualities, she understood ; and they were the only epithets she had learned to apply to human conduct." He does not consider her persecution of the Huguenots to have been the result of bigotry or intolerance, but, that placed in a difficult po sition, she extricated herself by heading tine strongest side, and the result was the massacre of St. Bartholomew. The Appendix and the Notes contain some curious information, and the work forms an interesting introduction to the history of the mother of three kings. Round the Fire. Six Stories by the Author of " The Day of a Baby-Boy." Smith, Elder, and Co. Round the fire on a holiday evening at Christmas time six little damsels assemble and relate to each other the events of their youthful experience. Six charming little stories are the result. Very fortu nately it happens that these six little girls, though very similar in age and present circumstances, come from various countries, or have been familiar with very different scenes during the previous years of their brief existence. There is Katie, the little English girl, who relates the story of "Our Nurse," one of the prettiest and homeliest little tales in the collection, told in the most delightful and natural manner possible. There is Cecile, the little girl from Switzerland, who tells the story of " Baby's Blue Shoes," giving her little hearers, by her en thralling narrative, a better idea of the land of snows than could be gleaned from many dull hours spent in poring over geographies, maps, histories, and books of travel. For example and it is only an illustration of the is vivid interest of these homely histories— Cecilelift one day in charge of Baby, sleeping in his cradle in the gallery or verandah of the St. Chatel, iniSwitzerland. By her side is her faithful companion, Bon, a St. Bernard dog--" not a com mon dog," she tells her little hearers, " but a dear and clever dog, with a wonderfully kind disposition." Cecile goes into the house on some errand, and on her return the cradle is empty, and both Bon and Baby have vanished, only one of Baby's " blue shoes" is left as a token of his disappearance. Full of dismay Cecile rushes in-doors to give the alarm to mamma and nurse, and while they are questioning her in anxiety and alarm, the air is suddenly darkened, and the house is buried in a falling ava lanche of snow. Cecile, and the others, being in side the house, are safe, and are ultimately dug out; but Baby, in the cradle outside, would inevit ably have perished. As it is, he is discovered safe in a cottage up the mountain, having been tenderly carried there by Bon, whose instinct had told him of the coming danger, and whose sagacity had sug gested its escape. This little story, as Cecile tells it, will delight every reader of this charming little book. Besides Katie and Cecile, there is Norah, the little Irish girl, and Effie, the little Scottish girl, and Mary, wbo was nearly drowned in the Miser's Cave when the tide came in, and Ruth, the little wandering orphan, who finds a home among strangers on Christmas-day. These are the little heroines of the fireside, and very cordially do we commend their histories to our readers. A prettier Christmas book for little girls we have not many pleasantlya homely learned from its M anda a m ny us a ing les p so a n ges w , illbe ad monition will be impressed on the youthful memory by the examples of the dear good little lasses telling tales at tile Christmas fireside. REPRINTS. Among the new editions that have appeared at this season some are especially deserving of notice. Messrs. Chapman and Hull have commenced a series of the works of Charles Lever, handsomely bound, and illustrated by 11. K. Browne. The first volume contains " Harry Lorrequer," and is to be followed by all the author's novels. Mr. Carlyle's " History of the French Revolu tion" also makes its appearance in a new form. It was originally published in three volumes, but is now in two, of which the first is read y , and carries the history down to the death of Mirabeau. The admirers of Mr. Carlyle will be glad to learn that this volume is also the first instalment of a new edition of the entire s eries of the a uthor's works. It will be publishe d monthl y , and will be completed in about fiftee n vo l umes. It is worthily commenced by this work , which man y consider his greatest.—" Coleridge 's Seven Lectures on Shakes peare and Milton" have been republished in one volume, with an introductory preface by Mr. Collier, and a l ist of all the eme ndations in his folio, 1632. This work will necessarily possess omourc h gr i o n a te t re d st ra f bi or at a i ll 4. w — h i‘ o i s r t . ud A y in th m e yor th,a story peculiarities o o f f "The Spendthrift" is now published iu one volume, and forms a handsome addition to theCli ristmas Library. .It will be remenaberei that it originally a ppeared . in " Bentley's Air magazine the author is now editor. 1 is b. It now pu elegantly bound, and cleverly lished by Messrs. 14 .....iscellany," of which -.untied eand Co., a nd is illustrated to many g by H. IC. portraiture of the ' is Browne. Though of the author's earlier works,lively its satire and vivid friends may afford cheating entertainments to many readers, rather laro.e, though the subjec ttbecalled pleasing.—The series of the poetsannuoblished by Mr. Nichol, of .Edinburgh, edited by teward and unfaithful Mr. Gilfillan, is continued with credit. Though the size of the volumes is edition or f or reference, while their excellent typo offers a great attraction . The present volume Contains the poems of Shakespeare and of the Earl they are admirably suited for a library of Surrey. -;-_-_-_---- - StiratilesE' Aum e,—Souria a mrrox, Monday.—The United Bremen i this i W s a a t s t h e i r n n g o t n oii : a Captain sai C h e a u% e ll d on ' geri, and cargo. Captain Haitttein and the arrived Wednesday for New York, with the British and German who brought over the Resolute pro ceed home by - the Washington. The Peninsular and riental Company's steamer Candia is to leave this in a the purpose' of being lengthened 40 feet, which will, day or two for Mr. John Laird's yard at Birkenhead, for Amami les;icPaafffinr:amoliffi ce rs it is believed, increase her speed, as well as provide more space for coals and cargo. The Union Screw Company's steamer Celt which left this port on the 24th inst. for Rio Janeiro, put back to Cowes this morning with defective machinery. The San Fernando, Captain Scott, a sailing eitip of 401 tons burden, from Sunder land, came into dock this morning to embark a large quantity of machinery for South America, on account of the Royal Consoi'idated C-pper Mining Company of San Fernando, THY ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF TaE KING OF NAPLES.—A Naples correspondent of the Allqemeine Zeitung relates, that upon the trial of A.gesilao Milano, the President PianeiL asked him w h ether h e h a d any thing to add to what had been said for him by his advo cate, and the prisoner ro " T plied, a. k ne w that to you and to society I am merely val outcast, but my conscience is tranquil. In a few hoxirs I shall go down into the grave, and my fate will nut be mourned by any generous t t r h u itt e g C , h m ri r st . i p an r , es a id n e d n n t, ot le a t n am a7 b e u is m t, soul. But I hill here publicly declare myself to be a b a le s the public accuser has utju-hly called me, at the Kirg's feet. M: will petition of a man only ask you this one who will scarcely see the sun o f another day be presented v a i l s e it go o petition is that the King will day of Liberty misery in which they are pining, and how his subjects governed there ." Of his . kingdom, and see the As he mourted the scaffold on the , cou h n e tr c y r . ie aloud, " Long liv thlifiongexlievceuteiuonr Ii al] li 8 I al]