The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-27 00:00:00

- 0-6,--......,.....m5....,................b......w..............."'""Pra....4 Am0mm......i. imilmalmalr c ''. ,''' y MARKET ,' 2VD CIT:v NE W'S. I SHARE MARK ET-(THIS DAY). 4. ----- : CITY, Two o'CLocK. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. The 13ank of England return, completed to the 25th December, is of a favour able character ; the Share! Railways. raid. Closing / Business Price. done. chief feature, however, is the large amount at which . , 1 I so . :elfast and Nor. Conn. all ! - - , the Reserve of Notes now stand, viz., over ten 13.14 lii ilr j . n Wo . l., , and Str. Val. all I 74 8 millions. The Public Deposits have been slightlyall - 25i I tlo 3. s t r., salned;ol7.llld.k:o. I all 05 65 augmented, and there is an addition to the Other st Bristol and'Exeter ..„I 100 ,94 90 941 st 'Cal donian . . 1 100 ! 1001 101 Securities, which, however, is usu.ally the case at 10 kilar e marthen . & . Ca . all - - this period of the year. A small increase bas also 50 0 IC ,rlr and Bandon all --- -___ IC k, Blrock, & Passage all taken place in the stock of bullion. The subjoined 20 Cornwall all 5 6 table shows the various ite ms and the 'changes they 10 Do A f llrto.s n a o n. icllaiva a ll - • • a ll 10 Do. B b een P p al to B. present : 50 Dublin & Belfast Juno. all 90 42 411 Active Circulation .. .. ..419,566,695 25 Dun.,Pertli,& Al). Juno. all 104 11 Increase .. .. .. .. 124,985 st East Anglian lOO 18 19 Bullion .. .. .. .. .. :0.5,755,933 st Eastern Counties lOO 51 52 511 / Increase .'. .. .. .. 144,586 st Eastern Union, A stock 100 47 50 st Do Bdo do 1100 32 34 Rest .. .. .. .. .. 3,141,742 25 DoNw A, late E U 3ds! '35 - - - - Increase .. .. .. .. 8,054 st East Suffolk I 100 Public Deposits .. • . .. 7,090,141 st Edinburgh & Glasgow lOl 88 90 Increase .. .. • . .. 295,3.53 st Edin., Perth. & Dundee 100 285 295 Other Deposits.. .. .. .. 13,309,642 10 i Forth & ClydeJunction' all - - st I Furness llOO - - Increase .. • • ' • • • 176,798 st lwas7. and S. Western ' 100 93 103 Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 633,884 10 GreatNrthn of Scotland all - - Decrease . 57,144 st Great Northern 1 100 112 113 1125 13 Government Securities .. .. 11,063,147 st Do A stock I 100 110 1 1l 1105 10 Increase .. 100,000 st Do Bdo ' 100 130 132 Other Securities .. .. .. 16 , st Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 100 102 104 526 , 024 st Great Western ! 100 671 685 68 1 Increase .. .. .. .. 303,460 st Do Str Val gua. stock 300 55 58 Notes unemployed .. .. .. 10,022,150 12 Irish South Eastern all - - Increase .. .. .. • • 37,470 st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 100 106 4 1065 6 st London and Blaekwall 100 54 56 There is still an active demand for discount ac- st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 115 116 commodation, and full rates are demanded for all stst Loll n is ?, o t. i:t and n Western e D a ? e v r e n r 1(0)g 44 i 46 gi st Lon. & South Western 100 92 03 924 descriptions of commercial bi lls. 25 Ltderry & Coleraine ~' all - Very little business is now n e g otiated in the Cit y , 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 9 11 st Man., Shot, & Lincoln.; 100 445 45 which presents a semi-holiday appearance. 50 Maryport and Carlisle.' all - - - The Liverpool Cotton Market was clo s ed yester- 125 Do t 5hare5........ . all - 10 Metropolitan 74 6 05 day. 't Midland ! all 1275 1271 1271 it 1 i Do Ne , te The directors of the Illinois Central Railroad 6.54t.0 Do BirminA• & Derby l L l O 4. 91 5 312 1 4 P ,• I Company have made a further call of 5 per cent., to Mid Gt. W. of Ireland all - - 25 Do. shares I all - - payable on the 20th proximo. 25 Mid Kent ,' all - - At the Bank of England yesterday there were Cray Line I all - - IPO Ne D w o cp.stle and Carlisle all - - no bullion operations of importance. 10 Newry & Armagh, der. 9 - - 20 Newry, Warnpt, & nos. all - - The interest on the New 5 per Cent. Italian Loan st Norfolk lOO 61 63 61 has been announced for payment on the 2d s a North British ! 100 625 63 63 2 / t Nor.Dcv.Rail&Dk.stock 100 - - proximo, and the half-yearly dividend at the rate of st Do A stk ; A roes no dI t a t, r o c il l c i l as been pdßi 3 1 0 0 0 0 ___.- -.... b 1 lOs. per cent. on the Ecuador Consolidat ed Bonds, st Do 1 1 3 will be paid on and after that date. The half- y ear's 25 Nt 3 1. 0 E4_91 ,, n3 . - p ß u e r rs a i c a k e 1 1: 1 0 3.4 9:5 191 991 1 d interest on the Cape of Good Hope 6 per Cent. st Do Leeds 1100 f 571 57 st Do York Debentures, New South Wales Government De- st North London hentures, Victoria 6 per C ents., Canada Sterling 101106.1 North Staffordshire . 171 55 44 d 124 5 Debentures, and on St. Kilda and Brighton (Vie- 10 Notnd S. W. Junction ' . all 10,5 lef st G , an. 111. & Canal 100 88 00 toria, Australia) Railway Debentures will be pay- 10 Peebles all - - able on the I st proximo. 20 P ,rtstriouth - - 10 Rhy ney - - The ordinary meeting of the Ocean Marine st Scot cleentral Insurance Company will take place on the 27th stt Scot.n Sc, , 1 .. . , 3 . 3 A.. i b d e stock r. st stock 10 0 g 3 , 8 5 a 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all Janaury next. - - st Shropshire Union The official returns relating to trade and naviga- 10 Sittingbourne & lll Sheer a - - 0 36 38 374 tion for tha eleven months endi n g the 30th Novom- g .4. ° il Durham & i 1 o Lane. Un. all o - - ber, have just been published, from which it ap- :t t South Elstern South \Vales pears that the total declared value of the exports st, is. York. and River Dun 1 0 95 97 from the United Kingdom amounted to £115,355,004 20 sla-,c'tetos'.'9llsaaAilnl,Vts9okn all al 36 4 3: against £123,7 14 , 276 in t he like p eriod of 1860, r l3 7 8 p 5 Do NCW, 1860 5 94 54 p showing a decease of £8,359,272. The decrease is st Taff Vale. - - 100 - most perceptible in beer and a le, cotton manufac- ; . t 5 r d i ll' es ret liav N e o n ' llk&Rail 22 - - tory, cotton, yarn, haberdashery, and millinery, 50 lil p st n er 20 24 31 hardwares, and cutlery, linen manufactory, iron 12.10 Do 80 5 d ip plates, woollen manufactory, and woollen a n d st Victoria f N ag " a i nd Pim l2 - - " worsted yarn. st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick. all - - The importations of the principal articles have 20 West Cornwall all 54 61 been smaller, as yarns, cotton, flax, quicksilver, 20 vir i ss o t l L s c t mj a o s n s - - all - - spices, tallow, and wine, but larger in hemp, pro- 2 s ( t ) vir D T 2 a d rt c o l p a I o 8 O1IIar.&11 l a o l o li -- -- visions, rice, sheep, and lambs' wool, cocoa, coffee, st West Midland Oxlord 00 44 48 Do Newpor 1 1 00 42 45 435 corn, flour, fruit, unrefined sug ar, tea, and tobacco. S s t Do Hereford 100 88 90 The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom, of 694,084 for the entries Railwa y s. P-- 0 , A Leasing Closing Business inwards, and of 520,070 tons for the clearan ces Co. s - Price. Done. outwards. ---- Bedford and Bletehley all Ln.&N.W .. .• In the coasting trade 184, 5 3 3 tons more w e r e Birken head., 91 96 955 employed than in the corresponding period of 1860 i c il i t e ev e n i q I y•e .I'.,re lOO Do. I , iyilead.. 10/ Do. 53 54 for the entries inwards, and 279,795 tons for the Do. 54 per cent 100 100 Do. Do. clearances outwards. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Increased heaviness has prevailed in the Market vlieteicsot?nr,.7,too.u4irVpraol.. 1 1 ( 1 I . . r tie or lii i C l 12 135 for Public Securities to-day, although the amount E.Nniwri,HeidcliSlis l a c ß c; ]',Counts. 4 45 of business negotiated has be en com p arativel y Gis.fiarr.&Neits:brel. 100 Caledon :: small. Consols opened with a depressed appear- Gi D o s o i e n r 17D ea n Forest 1 :1 li?`,':•.ifw •.•. ance,and transactions speedily took place at 901 1, Ault and all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 all Do. a decline of i per cent., but rather more firmness Do. quarters I all Do. now prevails, the latest prices being 902 f. The Lanzs n te ,t r t i - re C e 'a n r ‘ l v ir e l l e l 1104 Si .'"age . l . 73 1 61 1 :1 New Threes and the Reduced have receded to 90 1 ; Do. Preferen 7! Lon.,Tilb.&;l,. '`'lend 100 I Peto &Co B3 85 Exchequer Bills (March), to Bs. prem; ditto (June), Lowestoft gua. 1 p c.. 1 100 INorfolk to 10s. prem ; Bank Stock is firm at 234 ; India 5 Do A -M per cent 1 100 Do. ric.,Bxtn.,k Matlock! all LNW& DI 35 34 per Cent. at 1034 104. Mid. Bradford Prefer- Foreign Securities show less buoyancy, and the ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts. par f p dealings have been rather circumscribed. Turkish gua. 5 per eent• • • Northn.&E 4, , tn. sp. c. all Do. 6 per Cents. are 771 78, ditto, 1858, 67i 68, Mexi- DO. 6er cent. .... all Do. can have receded to 26'4 271; Portuguese to 47; N.F:olisi;n used I s ar p t . l c e p . o - oi I l ti 1 ,4 0 k 'Be . ; ;.. ..... Dutch 4 per Cents. to 1001, and the New Italian North Western Loan to 641. Spanish Stocks are firmer; the 3 Preston and Wyre. { all & L. y k. 1 43 45 per Cents. being 511; the Deferred, 42k, and the 113.1.4s4tsrMrietseledr,SheAp: all ( 1 ?r 0 ..N . 0 - r . tii . . a 136 Certificates 5f 1. Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. With reference to the market for American south statroreshire loo Ln.a.w .. .. Securities, Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. give the lin Wilts o n d d n Somerset rers Croydon,et 10' )a11 01. ir,s, West. 92 9 15 following : PREFERENCE SHARES. Redeemable. Prices United States 6 per Cents..... 1867-1868 75 80 Do. 5 per Cent Bonds Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds.. 1868-72 68 70 Maryland 5 per Cent. Bonds 68 70 P e nnsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock 63 68 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 63 68 Virginian 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886 40 45 Boston 41 per Ct. Strig. Bonds 1888 75 80 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. .. 1875 73 75 Illinois Central 6 per Cent. .. 1876 72 74 Po. shares, 80 dols. paid 50 49 dis Michigan Central 8 per Cent.. 1869 75 78 Do. do. shares . New York Central 6 per Ct., Closing Business Paid. Prices. Done. not convertible. New York Central 7 per Ct., convertible, from June 15, 1857-59 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct., Ist mortgage Do. do., 2d mortgage De. do., 3d mortgage Do. do. convertible Do. do. shares Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort • gage Str. Bonds, not cony Do. co., 2d do. 1883 1864 83 83 80 85 70 72 45 50 24/ 25/ 92 95 93 95 1865 1872 Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active. but prices have shown consi derable heaviness. Great Western, North Western, Midland, and North Eastern (Berwick) have de clined 58.; Great Northern, Lancashire, and York shire, 10s.; Eastern Counties and South Eastern, 155.; and Norfolk, £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines have continued heavy. Great Luxemburg brought 9 ; Great Western of Canada, 9 ; Grand Trunk of Canada receded to 181- - ; East Indian to wig ; and Scindes to 1011. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous S'aares re main inactive. Union of Australia declined to 38 Z a ; Electric Telegraph, 93t ; and Crystal Palace Stock brought 321. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 234 3 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 90} 90 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9oa i: i i i i New 3 per C en t. Annuities OO i I India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 98 i gl 1 Ditto 1859 Di tt:: Bonds £l,000 :' i , under 11.000 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 ...., 1. India Stock for Account India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March. 1 Jung. E x chequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 8 pm Ditto £5OO .. Ditto Small 1 10 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. h'han 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. Equador New Consolidated Mexican, 3 per Cent T)itto Acco int Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6O 4 6 - Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent. Ditto Account t)itto New Deferred 4 24 1 Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. .......... Ditto Account ...................... 771 7 D - tto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. !sit to Account Venezuelan 3 per Cent.... ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch D i per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. C,Trtientcs, 4 per Cent... li Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 1 , , , Galignani says :—" The glove manufacturers at Grenoble have just received large orders from England, on the occasion of the mourning in that country. One house has received to the amount of 20,000 f," Sharei Railways. 5 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 t Brie. & Exet. 4p.c. st O Do. shares t Caledon. £lO, 4 p. cent t Do. quar. shares, No. 2 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. 0 Cornwall. 5 per cent 61 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun 0 Do. Ist Class Pref t E. Anzn. Class Asp. c t Do. Class B 6 per cent t Do. Class C 7 per cent t E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 t Do No. 2 t • Do. new 6p. c. st :t Eastern Union, 4p. c— :t Do. sp. c. guar t Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares t Do. 4p. c. guar. S. & ; t Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c. ;t Furness, 5 per cent t Glas.& S.West g•u. 5 p.c t Great Northern, sp. c t D 0.5 p.c.lledm.lop.c. pm t Do. 4i p. c. do It Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.c.pm O Gt. Nh. of cot. Ist pref. ;t Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent ;0 Great West. (Perks and Ilants Ext) 5 per cent it Do. redeem. I p. et it Do. redeem. 4 p. et it Do. irredeem. 4p. et it Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 8 ')o. Birm. pref. shares 10 Do. Chester S p.c. pf. she 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs it Do. Birm. guar. stock 6 Do. Chester guar. shares ,3k Do. do O Do. do Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock ,Do.Barnsl.st.£s 2s 10d c ,Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon,tßrig.sp.e..em. No., Do. 5 per cent do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. do Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 41 per cent. do Do. 44 p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p c. at Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pf. Do. West. 14x., B, 6 p. c. Do. Metrop. Ex. ti, 6 p.c. Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & ~.West. 7p. cent. et., late 3d shares Do. 44 ner cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anna. of 2s 6d Londondy. Sr, Cole.. sirs ,ondony. & Ennis. 4 she Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent..... Do. redeem. 6percent llarynort & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 44 per cent. Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.,t Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. 4 per cent. Do. T,eic. andllit.lper N-rflk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1816 r e t cent..lB Do. 51 C. T'ret. at. 1847 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. she. D D N o o ° r.5Nt, lew t s:1 1 . 1 3 . 1 p 5 1 :p x r e c e nt Do. do. do. NO.Dvn.RailAnck. Co . N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable Do. a N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1818 1)o. York, li. & S. Parch North Staffordshire I;hymney Guaranteed S Tot tish Central. new pf Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock Do. Abercieen,glia.6p c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent South Eastern (Reading, Ann., 1.0.6) 44 per cent Do, Fixed 41 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. 5 p. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Watrid & liilkny, 6 p. c W. Slid.-Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf. red Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 1 Do. till 1869 93 95 2(4 21* 6 6i 101 103 112 117 110 116 10? 110 106 108 123 125 81 83 111 113 89 91 115 116 110 112 102 101 107 109 97 99 98 100 88 90 89 91 102 101 94 10 17 18 lot 10f 74 76 20 204 10 10f 15 15 136 133 101 103 112 115 112 115 136 131 i 112 115 152 155 127 130 73 75 90 92 111 113 1. 11 125 127 A #pm 65 70 I inn) 137 139 102 104 92 94 109 111 107 109 1 lipm 99 101 98 100 dis par idis }pm 22 23 132 135 10 10} 234 24 99 101 99 101 98 100 85 83 27i 28i 31 33 31 33 42 45 123 125 121 123 100 102 118 122 115 120 1867 1859 1883 1862 2s 6d 124 124 10. 6. 100 100 100 100 100 i TH f STN, fiONDON, FRID ENI NG, DECE VIBE R 27, 1861. LITER A TUBE. Closing Price. Itailways )!Paid. !Business done Xtlantic & St Lawrence Born.,Barodat.Cent Ind (3u. 5 per cent.. Do Do. B Buffalo told Lake Rural Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo, BrantAGodrich p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Cleutta E astn. (Li ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) ICapeTown it Dock Scrip !Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara.. ....... Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. e East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4} p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. 0. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et Do. 6 per et. Dcbentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do.do. Do. do. 1872:. Gt.lndied'enin.gua.sp c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent., Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New !Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Do. 5i p. c. do. '7B do IMadras guar., 4i p. o Do. do. 5 per cent Do. sif p. c. Extension Do. 5 Mclb.Corp. 6 p. c. Vewßsunswick Ca 11,12 Ity.&Land(Lim.)r.(ipc Class A Capital Shard IDo. do. Land iDo. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde ..........1 6 4.: Do. l'unjaub .... r . g Do. Do. ........ 1 Do. Indus. St. Flo. 5,,g• Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. wood and Sons. The Secret History of the Court of France under Louis XV. Edited from rare and unpublished documents. By Dr. Challice. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. These volumes might more properly be called the Memoirs of Madame de Pompadour, as she is throughout the heroine and principal figure on the scene. Dr. Challice reverses the general sentence and pronounces Mmo. de Pompadour to have been the good angel of France, and Louis XV. the " well beloved" of his people. Seldom has this miserable reign, which shared the vices without the glory of its predecessor, which suffered for the crimes of its ancestors, and hurried on the catas trophe of its posterity, been painted in such favour able colours. King, Queen, and favourite are all alike estimable, according to the editor's showing. But however great her gifts as an artist, however beneficial the effects of her taste upon Paris as a city, however sincere her regard for the king, it is difficult not to believe that Dr. Challice has exaggerated her disinterestedness and elevation of character. Speaking of her in the preface, he says :—" It is a curious incident in the history of French politics and of philosophy, that a woman most devoted to monarchy in the person of the King, should have been the instrument for the in troduction of those writers who denounced corrup tion and tyranny. It is a curious incident in eccle siastical history that this woman, a penitent and dying, should successfully denounce the temporal power of the Church, from which alone she could hope to receive spiritual consolation. Nevertheless, it has taken just one hundred years to free the leading character of this work from the dust of party conflict. Obscured by a threefold prejudice, political, ecclesiastical, and of birth, the woman whom the Queen-Empress of Austria called ' sister' has been contemned, yet this contempo rary tribute proves that the life of the Marquise de Pompadour was, or rather is, no unimportant link in the chain of political events." That her sagacity was not infallible is, however, proved by her consistent advocacy of the Stuarts, which was more creditable to her constancy Ls a friend than to her discernment as a stateswoman, Her chief claim on the regard of posterity exists in the architectural improvements of which she was the promulgator and encourager. A summary of the most remarkable of these is found in the fol lowing passage : Madame de Pompadour in the glare and glitter of her position needed repose. Passing through the streets of Paris she felt in what want of shade were the hot and dusty citizens, who often scowled heavily at her carriage. Un daunted by their ingratitude, she proposed to plant those Boulevards, the pride and joy of Paris present. She caused them to be planted to the Porte St. Martin, and to her are due those pleasant residences which gradually sprung up in Paris with the trees that were already growing for their shelter and adornment. But her plan the most vast—after the Pantheon, St. Sulpice, and the Madeleine—was to ex tend that part of Paris called the City. To effect this, it was necessary to sell all old Paris to a company of finan ciers (according to Marshal Saxe's money notions), which company would engage itself in the transformation. All the Isle of the City became a new town, with Notre Dame on one side, and the Palace of Justice on the other. In this plan to connect the two iranches of the Seine there were to be covered galleries on the bridges, with flowering shrubs and mural paintings like hanging gardens. The Palais Royal might thus unite itself to the Luxembourg by this winter gallery, where the passengers would be protected from the wind, the sun, and the rain. In the centre of Paris the Boulevards would develope themselves succes sively to the gate of St. Honore by elegant hotels. All these plans and many others were proposed and executed by Madame de Pompadour, to say nothing of the Place Vendome, the Place des Victoires, &e. Who does net know, above all, the Place de Louis XV. ? Called by the the name of the " well bel,ved," it best represents in fair proportions, perspective, and surrounding monuments of benevolence, justice, and penitential faith, the woman who adorned it with all the consequences of her love for the King. Let the people look closely into the appropriate adornments of each of these monumt nts raised by one who has no monument in ungrateful and unknowing Paris raised to her, and they will see how a great artiste once lived, suffered, triumphed, in the city which she did more to make the centre of civilisation than any who came before her. Her history is written in the stones of Paris. The designs of those buildings and their ornaments were the works of her hands. The severest satire on a courtier's life, the most impressive homily on the vanity of worldly digni ties, may be found in the letters of this remarkable woman—beautiful, gifted, and successful. Ail the honours which in that corrupt time were accorded to her, all the wealth and power lavished on her by the favour of the King, only produced mourn ful complaints like the following. Writing to a private friend, she says :—The pomp, the grandeur, the pleasures of this world enchant me no longer. .... The charm is broken, and I find in my heart nothing but an immense void which cannot be filled. The world is a liar ;it promises a happi ness it is incapable of giving." And such, throughout, is the tenour of her letters, even during her most brilliant years. Well may the author of these volumes exclaim : " Let preachers preach, let moralists cant, let poets fabricate justice. The story of a -real life fairly lived out is God's best teaching." Ile says this in recording the grief irifh which she buried her only child at the convept of the capuchins. Years after the gorgeous lady Wile lied maintained the state of a princess, and corresponded familiarly with queens and empresses, begged in her will that she might be allowed a pauper's grave in the same humble resting place. The copious appendix which Dr. Challice gives contains many important documents, and many interesting extracts from the letters and statements of the day are embodied in the work itself. To all who like to study the history of the past from different points of view, and to enter behind the scenes of the drama of wars and treaties, these volumes will be very acceptable, while they are not without attractions for the general reader who likes an insight into Court life, though we should advise them not to accept its pages as a complete and indisputable history of the reign. Tom Cringle's Log. By _Michael Scott. Black- The republication of this popular nautical novel is well timed; it is just the sort of book to captivate the young , and at a time for bestowing Christ mas presents and New-year's gifts it will no doubt receive a duo share of patronage. It does not contain any particularly romantic episodes, and is rather a series of maritime adventures, than a continuous tale of love and sentiment. But the topographical descriptions show that the author is thoroughly acquainted with the localities where fortune leads his hero. Some of the passages, too, are beautifully and pathetically written ; that of the death of the pirate's mistress for instance—but the general style of the narrative is light and humorous. Our hero's first adventure is on the Elbe, at the time when the French held Hamburg, where he narrowly escapes being shot by the savage Davoust; he, however, ;contrives to regain his ship. Although this part of the tale has no connection with the subsequent portion, and is, in fact, au episode per se, the description of the forti fications of Cuxhaven and Hamburg, and the treat ment of the inhabitants by their conquerors, is full of interest. It is in the West Indies that the most interesting episodes take place, and Mr. Cringle's adventures become amusing. He froms ac quaintanoe with several eccentric individuals, who alternately entertain our hero on shore, or partake of his hospitality afloat. As a matter of course, there are several sea fights, as also a shipwreck. Master Tom falls among thieves, i e., pirates, and this adventure, which occupies a considerable space, contains some of the best passages in the book. Having been placed in command of a small schooner, he starts on a cruise on his own account, accom panied by his friends, and contrives to get them into hot water by engaging a larg e slaver, which they succeed in capturing; but scarcely has success crowned their arms when it is discovered that the ship is sinking, and the victors have barely gained their own vessel when the prize, with its living cargo, founders headforemost. The remarks of that eccentric individual Aaron Bang, Esq., on the sub ject of the slave trade are i n accordauce with the view taken by all who have fairly considered the subject. The scene takes place on board the schooner the day after the loss of the slaver : " 1 say, Tom,' quoth Aaron, how do you feel, my boy?' " Why, not quite so buoyant as I could wish. To me it has been a day of fearful responsibility.' " And well it may,' said he. 'As for myself, I go to rest with the tremendous consciousness that even I, who am not a professional butcher, have this blessed day shed more than one fellow-creature's blood—a trembling con sideration—and all for what, Tom? You met a big ship in the dark, and desired her to stop. She said she would not. You said, ' You shall.' She replied, ' I'll bo d—d if I do.' And thereupon you set about compelling her ; and certainly you have interrupted her course to some purpose, at the trivial cost of the lives of only five or six hundred h uman beings, whose hearts were beating cheerily in their bosoms within these last six hours, but whoso bodies are now food for fishes.' "I was stung. At your hands, my dear sir, 1 did not expect this, and—' " ' Hush,' said he, I don't blame you—it is all right ' • but why will not the Government at home arrange by treaty that this nefarious trade should be en ti re l y put down ? Surely all our victories by sea and land might warrant our stipulating for so much, in place of bugger-muggerin g wit h doubtful ill-defined treaties, sp ec ifyi ng t h at you John Cra peen, and you Jack Spaniard, shall s t ea l men, and deal in - human flesh, in such and s uc h a degree of latitude ' only, while if you pick up one s i ng l e slave a league to thenorth- ward or southward of the prescribed line of coast, then we shall blow you out of the water wherever we meet you. Why should poor devils, who live in on degreeoflatilude, be allowed to be kidnapped, whilst we make it felony to steal their immedi a t e neighbours ?'Aaron waxed warm as he proceeded—' Why will not Englishmen lend a hand to put down the slave trade amongst our opponents in sugar growing, before th e y so rec kl essly endeavour to crush sla very in our own worn-out colonies , utterly regardless of our rights and lives? Mi n d , Tom, I don ' t defend slavery—l sincerely wish we could do without it; but am I to be the only one to pay the piper in compassing its extinction P If, however, it really be that Vpas-tree, under whose baleful Hi 99i 31 44 d ei 'lt 6 1 id! 191 20d 100 101 98 100 99 101 100 101 18 19 53 59 45 50 30 34 34 38 29 22 29 32 10J 101 99 100 11i 81 01 11} 89 91 99 100 91 93 5 7 4 6 1011 104 f id i:qs 100 8 f d stock 101 l FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 20 Algerian . .... 5 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam. all 65 64 20 Ardennes.... .. all 20 flah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 15 1 d 14 4 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all Carmeaux Mine & Kafl 30 101 114 100 Copiapo ................ all 1 0 Ditto Extension .... all 4 31 20 Dutch Rhenish . ...... . 16 4 20 Eastern of France .... all 214 274 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6p. a all 20 Do. do. all 20 great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she... all 9 91 9 20 [talian Junction ...... all 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 81 20 Do. 6p. o. Pref. ........ all 20 21 16 Northern of France—. all 381 .391 16 Do. New Shares 15 - 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref . . all 810 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 301 404 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 50 62 20 j Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) zua. 7p. et. 1im...... 17 5 4 d 20 Riga, & Dunaburg...... 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 11 ,13 5 Royal Swedish ....., .. all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 'Sambre & Meuse all 64 7 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 8f 91 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 4 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venciin 18 par 1 d 26 Southern of France.... all 254 cCif 20 S. East Portugal 7 pet. 4 j -- -- 81 West Flanders ..... all 61 7 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. all 94 10 20 W.& N.W. of France .. all 20 21 20 West'rn of Austria.... I 6 20 Westurn of Switzerland) all 6 Wiesbaden ...... all 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref.... I all 20 Zealand BRITISH MINES. Alfred Consols (Philack) 3.2.10 1 , British Iron Clifford nil 23 32 I Devon G. Cons. (Taoist )' 1 360 370 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 52 65 lEast Caradon . ... 2.14.6 281 z'9l 294 E. WI Russel (Tavistk) 7.4.0 21 31 3 Gana.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 551 18 20 Great South Tolgus l7a 31 44 G.Wheal Alf(l.(Philaelc) - G. Wheal Vor (1Ielston) 40 6 7 I Grenville ... 6.8.6 11 2 lierod's-Foot. . El ingston Downs 4.11.6 31 .31 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) 9 40 12 North Downs 2l 41 51 North Frances (Illogao) 114 2 3 IN.WIII Basset (1110 fau) 1.14.0 21 31 - North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 7 8 20 iProvidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 38 40 - ISortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 310 P2O 8. Cant Brea (Illogan) 5.9.G 4 44 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all 1 1 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)18.1• 4 .1; 971 1021 ;Stray Park 5 ,Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 1 1 10 Tin Croft ! 9 71 8 IVale of Towey (Carm )138 Cd 1 West Basset (Illozan) ll 14 15 IW. Caradon (Liskeardl l 5 47 (8 West Seton 474 27i 285 - ! Wheal Basset (Illog"an) 51 85 90 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 5 75 85 Wheal Edward (Cals.), 71 I 21 21 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2' 44 51 Wheal MaryAnn(Men.)! 8 16 17 14 Whoa! Trciarrney (Ms.)! 7 10 17 )lU MINES. 20 kustralian 1 13onAccord Copper,l.lm 1 17.6 4 • 20 Brazil St.J.del Rey,Linti 15 48 60 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 11 11 1 Clarendon Cona.MioCo. ; - 40 Cobrc Copper all 35 57 - Copiapo lO 6 8 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.C'o all 1 11 2 Fortuna. 20 General all 23 24 2 ,Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 i 1 p 11 kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 p Linares all 7 8 5 iLueitanian 2 d pr 1 1 51ariquita all A 1 1 , N.RhineCopofS.Aus. L 20 , l'ontgibaud Silver,Lead I Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 'Port Philip 1 1 11 1 Scottish Austrin. 10s. Ipm 21.2.81 United Mexican all 8 84 1 :Worthing (Limited)....' all Do 1 COLONIAL GOV ERNM ENT SEC U - can.t;or. 0 - 1877-9 I 100 105 108 10'1 - Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 1 100 - - 103 - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4; 100 - - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. ,t Aug. , 100 104 107 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. at Sept.; 100 104 107 - Do. 5 per cent lOO 96 07 981 54 -• Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1880; 100 106 108 Do. 1890; 100 106 108 N.B.Gov. p.c..la.StJulT 100 108 110 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 , 100 98 100 - Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 07 90 - Do. p.c., 1888 St upwcha 100 97 99 971 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 1051 - S. Aus,Gop.c.lB7aStup 1 100 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.StJuly 100 - - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.StOct I 100 102 i 1(31 1031 2t DOCKS. stock Commercial to° stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min. 100 stock East and West India stock Londor stock ,St. Katharine. stock Southampton lOO stock IVietoria 20 Do' New . - 2 I ld pr 08 100 ld pr JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 'Australasia 100 AgratUnitedService Bic 25 Bank of Egypt all 205 214 a s l ° l 5 - 9 — 6l I 591 60 100 'Ba•;11: of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 60 British North American all 20 , Chtel.Bank of India, &c. all 194 20 25 I • •Ch Mer of In. Lon.& Ch. all 11 S 3 324 2 100 City 100 Colonial ..„.... 20 . 11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 'Commercial of London. 20 -- 20 !Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 174 174 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 234 244 20 Do. new l5 34 4 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S. African lO 1 id 100 London & Westminster 20 i 67 69 674 84 100 I cat. I'rov. of England 42 20 Do. new 50 /National Bank ........ 25 IC Ne South Wales all ' 25 Orient. B. Corporation I all '5O 52 20 Otto 'lan Bank .. ... 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 , Do. new 25 I South Australia .. all 25 Union of Australia .... all 38 :19 385 50 Ifni of London 100 Unify Mutual 6O — 1%1 ISC EfLANMOUS. to A nglo-Alexicnn Mint..l all 135 144 10 Atlantic 11. MI. Stm (1d), all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 25 27 284 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 54 54 50 British American Land 40 50 el. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 Do. 11, 8.&1.Mag. 7p.c.t1 T 111852 (Lim.) all , 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limit e d) ........ all 1 0 11 324 Canada Land .. ... . .... all ' 100 103 10 Chan. Islands Tel. (Lim. all St. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent... all 15 17 at. Crystal Palace ........ 100 82 33 324 at. Do. Preference . . at. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb. 100 102 105 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 id Ipm ; 1 at. Electric Telegraph .... 100 93 06 934 44 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Ans. Copper all 24 3 32 15 Gen. Stea m Navigati )n 14 / 1 Great Ship li m it e d ) all 1 Do: 174 pet Preference all I 6 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 44 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.! all 14 14 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 I; 24 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.' a ll 35 44 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 d2O Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lint) 5 14 Id 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.S p.e.Pref..iss.atl dis all 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15 1 N.B. Australasian (Lint) all 111 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 11 11 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 14 If 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 10 64 74 at. Pee l ß.Lml.&l3lin.(Litn) 100 47 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 65 68 50 Do. New 3O 9 11 20 Red Scatln.Tel.g.44p.c all 18 19 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 lb Do. New all 5 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 125 135 25 South Australian Land 'all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 4 1 6 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do. All 10 Trust and Agency or Austrlasia (11m)1st is. 1 4d p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 plp SU. K'dom Tel. Co. (am.) 1 ld pr 100 an Ole Ile 1, 1 4 L uld « 284 8 101 i t 18 I i 57 30 30 1001 } I 0 0 1 991 i 31 30 100 15 all •~ 1 . 100 1 NO2'TIN GRA M ELECTION. STATE OF THE POLL. NINE O'CLOCK. Clifton .. Lincoln .. 434 210 -274 TEN O'CLOCK. Clifton . Lincoln .. 427-490 HALF-PAST ELEVEN. Clifton Lincoln LAW INTELLIGRNCE.-(7.111S DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Miller.) THE DEPOSIT BANK.-IN RE MORRISON. This was a first meeting under the bankruptcy of Peter Morrison, late manager of the National Assurance and Investment Association, otherwise the Bank of Deposit. Mr. C. E. Lewis and Mr. Linklater appeared in the case, and a great many proofs were tendered and admitted, and others ordered to stand over. They were not of public interest, being principally against the private estate. A proof by a Mr. Hutson, with respect to the Atlas newspaper, was put in, but was ordered to stand over. The choice was ultimately carried by Mr. C. E. Lewis, and Mr. Collins, butcher, Chingford, was chosen assignee, and the next meeting appointed for the 17th of January next. Mr. Linklater made a long statement, in answer to Mr. Lewis, on the question of the advantages and disadvan tages of the proceedings being carried on in Chancery or Bankruptcy. Ile also said that the bankrupt was at present on the Continent. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BOXING-DAY AND ITS RESULTS.—As usual, the day after boxing-day, a large number of persons were charged with being drunk. In all cases where that was the only charge they were dismissed by Mr. Tyrwhitt. There were two or three assault oases, but the only one noticeable was a charge against George Doherty and Ellen Murphy. Thomson, 63 C, said he saw Doherty pulling a gentle man along with the view of getting him to treat him with drink, and on going up in answer to the call of "Police," Doherty struck him a violent blow in the mouth, and Murphy then seized hire by his hair and kicked him, and then called to the mob (principally consisting of low Irish) to throw stones, the consequence of which was that stones were thrown, and a boy had his head so cut that he was obliged to be taken to the Middlesex Hospital. Bonham, 143 C, said it was a regular Irish mob, there was an attempt to rescue, and three constables were obliged to come to the assistance of him and his companion. Doherty said he had " the drop taken." Mr. Tyrwhitt fined Doherty 205., or 14 days and Murphy, 10s. or 7 days. THE OFFICE OF GAOLER,—Henry Barnes, formerly under gaoler of the Court, has through tho recommendation of the magistrates of this and other courts, been appointed to the office of gaoler. TII THE COMPLIMENTS OP THE SEASON.—An odd c llec tion of offenders were charged this day with being drunk and disorderly, or drunk and incapable, and every one of them indicated they had been sacrificing very freely to Bacchus. " Please you, my lord," said one, anticipating Mr. Selfe's elevation to a seat in one of the superior courts, " I only get drunk once a year, and that is Boxing-day." " Then you can have no objection to pay 55.," said the magistrate, to which the man replied, laughing, " Cer tainly not ;" and, after paying the fine exacted, said ":it was a glorious privilege of a free-born Briton to get drunk and pay ss. for doing so."—A little drop too much and Christmas time, pleaded another offender against the laws of sobriety. The cold weather made me take ct glass too much, said a third. Met a few friends, and took a little more than I ought to have done, was the excuse of a fourth. Just come up from the country to visit my friends, and the London spirits got into my head, roare I out another jolly faced fellow. William Wilton, a broad-chested heavy-looking man, with two black eyes, dejected and woe-begone, and present ing a deplorable appearance, was brought up on a warrant charged with boating his wife, who would not appear against him. Mr. Selfe, hearing she was outside the court, ordered her to be brought in, and on her expressing a great reluctance to say anything against him, the magistrate recapitulated what she said on applying for the warrant. Her husband came home inebriated on Christmas-day, after spending all his money, threatened to cut her throat with a razor, and frightened her so much that she left her home and was afraid to return to it on Christmas night. Yesterday morn • ing, the prisoner beat his wife and threatened her, and also held a razor before her. The prisoner said it was Christmas time, and the liquor got the upper end of him. He had a little too much. Mr. Selle--A great deal too much. Bind him over to keep the peace to his wife and all her Majesty's subjects for two years. Mr. Pryor, the chief clerk, having proclaimed the terms of the recognisance in the usual manner, Thomas Duggan, an Irishman, who had been severely wounded, was arraigned in the dock. His head was enveloped in surgical bandages, his face and clothes satu rated with gore. He was intoxicated last night, insulted a policeman, who took him into custody, and they had a se vere conflict, in the course of which the policeman drew his truncheon and used it. Duggan, however, threw the policeman and ran away. A gentleman with a heavy stick struck the prisoner a violent blow on the head and inflict-±d a severe wound. The prisoner said it was Christ mas time, and the drop taken caused all the mischief. Mr. Selfe—A drop taken—more likely a pailfull. You are fined 10s. A cap proprietor named Adamson, and two men, who were engaged to drive them to Sydenhara, wore charged with being drunk and riotous. Adamson—Boxing-day, your worship. I got a drop too much ; these gentlemen treated me because it was Christ • mas time. Mr. Selfe—A very absurd way of celebrating a great Christian festival, and disgraceful to the national character. Adamson—l have oft - en driven yon home, Mr. Selfe, and you never saw me drunk. Mr. Selfe—Have you? I don't recollect you. Adamson—Yes, sir ; I have often driven you in my cab from Mile-end to Gordon-square. Mr. Selfe—lt is no reason you should get drunk on Box ing night. You are fined ss. Several others with blackened eyes, broken noses, bruised faces, who attributed their respective conditions to the season of the year, wore fined ss. each. One man, picked up "dead drunk" in the Commercial-road, was reported to be in the hospital. THIS SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 27.—Wind this day at noon—North; moderate breeze, with foggy weather. FALMOUTH, Dec. 26 —Wind S.E.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Virago, from Plymouth. Sailed—Southern Cross, for Boston. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. No arrivals. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Santo Maria, for Galatz; Dolphin, for Pernam buco ; Langothland, for Nates—all from London; Annette, screw steamer, from London, and back, on trial trip. Another call of 5 per cent has been made upon the shareholders of the Illinois Central Railway Company, payable on the 20th of January. The South-Australian Company have given notice of a half-yearly dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum. PENALTY ON £2,200 for KEEPING A PRIVATE " STILL."-At a Justice of Peace Court held on Monday, William Cruickshank, residing in Portob )110, pleaded guilty to keeping an unlicensed still for the manufacture of spirits, in his premises in PortobellO. There were eleven vessels found on the premises, and the accused was ordered to pay a fine of £2OO each for each vessel, making £2,200 in all.—Scotsman. FOG IN THE FIRTH OF FORTH.—On Tuesday evening the steamer Forth, plying at the Granton and Burntisland ferry, and carrying the passengers of the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway, struck on the east breakwater while entering Granton harbour. The fog was so dense that the red light was not observed in time to back the vessel, and several hours elapsed before she could be got off. The alarmed passengers were, after some delay, trans ferred to another vessel and landed on Granton Pier. The Forth was to have crossed again to Burntisland with the passengers of the last North train, but owing to her being thus stranded they were obliged to return to Edinburgh. The following is an extract of a letter from Naples, dated Dec. 22:—We have had many visitors since the eruption of Vesuvius. All who visit Torre del Greco are awed into wonder that there remains a vestige of the town. The unfortunate people have all found ehelter at their neighbours of Torre dell' Annunziate, who humanely received them in their poor dwellings, and divided their pittance as brothers with them. Boats and steamers were placed at the disposition of everyone, gratis, and continue to this day. Subscriptions from every quarter are being raised to rebuild the houses in or near the Torre, and until then the municipal authorities supply food and raiment to the most needy, and works aro being projected for enabling the strong to live through the winter, or until they can re sume whatever profession they followed previously to the eruption. HOP DUTY.—ROCHESTER COLLECTION.-- The following are the days fixed for the collection of the in stalment rof duty for 1361 :—Jan. 2, Lenham ; Jan. 3, Wrotham ; Jan. 4, Melling ; J an. 6, Tunbridge ; Jan. 7, Sevenoaks ; Jan. 8, Westerham ; Jan. 9, Rochester and eravesend i Jan. 10, Maidstone. shade every kindly feeling in the human bosom, whether of master or servant, withers and dies, I ask, Who planted it ? If it possess the magical, and incredible, and most pestilen tial quality that the English gentleman, who shall be vir tuous and beneficent, and just in all his ways, before he leaves home, ant after he returns home, shall, during his temporary sojourn within its influence, become a very Nero for cruelty, and have his warm heart of flesh smuggled out of his bosom by some hocus pocus utterly unintelligible to any unprejudiced rational being, or indurated into the flint of the nether millstone, or frozen into a lump of ice-' " The scenes in Jamaica, Cuba, and other West Indian islands depict with great minuteness and clearness the character of the inhabitants, whether white, black, or any of the various intermediate shades. We have given this slight sketch of the story for the benefit of those who may not be ac• quainted with this popular work, but to the general public our remarks are unnecessary. It is enough for us to inform our readers of the republication of " Tom Cringle's Log" in its present elegant form, and our work is done. The engravings, which are many, are well executed. Travels in the Holy Land. By Frederika Bremer. Translated by Mary Howitt. Two vols. Hurst and Blackett. A work with these two names on the titlepage can scarcely fail to please the reader. Miss Bremer is well known among us as one o f the ornaments of that Scandanavian litercture which has afforded us so many pleasant hours. The inmates of her charm ing " Home" are familiar to most of us ; we have watched the development of the varying characters of her " President's Daughters ;" we have followed the course of daily life among the " Neighbours ; " and we have rejoiced when " Strife and Peace" ended in the triumph of the olive branch. Besides giving us all these fascinating tales, Miss Bremer has told us her observations of some foreign countries, and now that she has accomplished her great desire, and journeyed to the consecrated lands of the East she naturally recounts to us the impressions she received during her pilgrimage. Commencing with the record of a flying visit which she paid to Sicily, she gives us a pleasant description of that beautiful island. From thence she proceeded to Malta, where she met Prince Alfred, then on toPalestino, the goal of her wishes. She is ev idently animated with fervent enthusiasm and religioue sentiments, and her writings will consequently be more attrac tive to the young and eager reader, with whose warm feelings her glowing descriptions will ) harmonise, than to the graver o r more stu dious who prefer to regard lands in their political or scientific aspects. Her descriptions are often eloquent, and the introduction o f littl e p ass i ng incidents imparts variety and animation to her pages. There is certainly a tendency to diffuseness, but it is not difficult to pardon when there is so much so say, and it is said so well. Mrs. Howitt's merits as a translator are already known to the public. She has the rare faculty of rendering her author into easy and flowing English, and the only perceptible fault is the occasional length of the sen tences. We must not omit to mention the anecdotes of Arab life and the remarks on Turkey, which are among the contents of the second volume. She tells us'an incident of desert life, told to her in a Bedouin tent, which adds pleasantly to the long list of legends concerning tho Arab and his horse. A Bedouin, it is said, possessed a splendid horse, which the most tempting offers could not induce him to part with. A neighbouring chief, named Faris el Aanta, finding no bribe successful, deter mined to resort to stratagem. He disguised him self as a poor wayfarer, dyed his face, and crouched down by the wayside as one dying of exhaustion in the desert. Soon, as he anticipated, the Sheik El Hamel appeared riding the much coveted mare, whose speed, we are told, was that of the north-east wind of the desert. In a weak and plaintive voice the deceiver cried for help, and the sheik, true to the Arabian instinct, dismounted to as sist him on his own steed in order to conveyhim to his tent. No sooner, however, was the traitor mounted than he set spurs to the mare, and bounded off with the speed of lightning. Hearing the sheik demand one last word, he paused, however, feeling himself secure, and El Hamel requested that he should never tell how he had obtained the mare, lest some real sufferer might ask for aid in vain. The story tells that the chief was so much struck by this magnanimity that he dismounted and sur rendered his ill-gotten prize. The Druses and M aronites, whose continual dissensions led recently to such tragical results, are alsu spoken of; and as Miss Bremer generally becomes acquainted with some leading family wherever she goes, she is able to give many details of native life and manners which escape less favoured travellers. On quitting the East the authoress intended to proceed to Greece, and we may therefore anticipate a further addition to her pleasant traveller's tales. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The arri via,' of English wheat, fresh up to this morning's market, were only model ate. The condition of the samples however, was good. Generally speaking the demand ruled steady, and prices were well supported. The show of seraph's of foreign wheat was tolerablyex tensive. All descriptions were held at the extreme rates of Friday last, but the demand was far from active. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request, at full currencies. Malting barley moved off steadily, at very full prices. Grinding and distilling sorts maintained previous rates. Wo were well supplied with malt, and the trade ruled heavy, at barely late rates. Oats moved off steadily, at full quotations. The show of samples was rather large. Beans and peas wen dull, and prices had a downward tendency. The flour trade was firm, at full currencies ; but the business doing was very moderate. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat Barley. Malt Oats. Flour. 780 1,310 ; 4,190 I 830 870 sacks. Irish. F0reign........ 21,620 • 8,550 ; 32,130 3,210 ska. 1111/ ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 618 6d ; barley, 36s 2d ; oats, 22s 5d ; rye, 29s Od ; beans, 42s !d; and peas, 428 Ild. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 608 Gd ; barley, 37s Od ; oats, 22s 8d ; rye, 36s Id ; beans, 42s 7d ; peas, 458 Od, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 96,765 ; barley, 115, 397; oats, 18,38 i ; rye, 35 ; beans, 6,011; peas, 2,347 quarters. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat are only moderato, and the trade rules firm for each description, at fully previous quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. adaa stied Inferior beef 3 0 3 6 Itiddlingmutton 4 2 4 4 Nliddling do. .. 3 8 4 0 Prime d 0... v 4 6 4 8 ['rime large do. 4 2 4 4 Veal 4 0 5 0 Do. small do. .. 4 4 4 6 Small pork 4 10 5 4 Large pork .... 4 0 4 8 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 , BOROUGH HOP. For all kinds of hops the demand is very inactive. The demand, however, continues firm, at full quotations; indeed, fine new English samples are held for rather more money. In some instances foreign:hops continue to arrive, but not quite so freely as heretofore. New Mid and East Kents.. 170 s to 231 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents .. 140 s 185 s „ New Sussex l3ss 165 s „ Belgian llos 120 s „ Bavarian BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to 1 cap. 32, for the week ending of Dec., 1861: ,he Act 7th and Bth Victoria on Wednesday, the 25th day ISSUE DEP Notes issued ..—.X29,588,8451 'A.RTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,000 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,938,805 Silver Bullion .... £29,588,845 £29,588,845 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis raissioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- :PARTIIENT. Government Seen- titles (including Dead Weight A nnuity) .£11,063,147 Other Securities 10,826,024 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 817,058 counts) 7,r91.141 Other Deposita— 13,309,642 Seven Day and other Bills 633,881 Z 38,728,409 £38,728,109 A communication from Pesth, in the Ost Deutsche Post says :—" Count Forgach has ad dressed a circular to the chiefs of the Comitats, of which the following is the tenour :—' Having been informed that in some countries of the kingdom individuals have been brought to justice or im prisoned for not having paid the local taxes, arbitrarily collected by the Comitats, I request the you to have the ki n dn ess to examine with greatest attention the list of the prisoners who been condemned in your Comitat, or who are now t• the subject of judicial inquiries, and i n the event of . of your prisons of such individuals being in the p have Comitat, I beg you to send me thedocuments fleeted with the proceedings adgeaYste' in t . them.? co a - Dec. 26.—The THE IRON TRADE.—p o u n I usual preliminary meeting of re' was held at the hotel at noon. T here was a g resolved to adhere to present prices. A general dulness p re vailed, and the fut ure prospects of the trade were t i o r d ma a ttendance, and it was good 1 re garded as very (WNW. . . THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IVA VAL INTELLIGENCE. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty this evening : Commander W. IL Phipps to be Inspecting Commander of the Coastguard, vice Henry, appointed to the Stromboli. Lieutenants—Edward Wilmot, to be commander ; Rich. H. Napier to the Bacchante (additional), for disposal. Masters—Jabez Loone to the Cumberland, for the Me dusa, William Barrett to the Pembroke; Henry P. War d to the Ajax. Master's Assistant—S. Bowden, to the Edgar. James E. Fawcett promoted to surgeon, LONDON GAZETTP.—(Thts Everung.) ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel the Lord James Clarke Plantagenet Murray, Extra Groom in Wait inc, to Her Majesty, to be one of the Grooms in Wait-bight Or e dinary to her Majesty, in the room of General Sir Ed ward Bowater, deceased. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel Francis Seymour, recently one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, to be Extra Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 27. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. Robert Halpin, Chaplain of the Third Class, to be Chaplain of the Se cond Class; the Rev. Robert L. M'Ghee, Chaplain to the Forces, to be Chaplain of the Second Class; the Rev. Henry Hare, Chaplain to the Forces, to be Chaplain of the Third Class; the Rev. J. J. Mahe, Chaplain of the Fourth Class, to be Chaplain of the Third Class. St. Johnofßoyal ADMIRALT S Y, c D d EC. L 20. tob e 11 F I a r r s i t n es Lieutenant, on vice ieu F t e . n E a nt E. St. t S . t An drew John, . Cor S ps resigned. BANKRUPTS. Wm. Lovegrove, cow-keeper, Denmark-road, Camber well Wm. Heckford, grocer, Camblingay, C am b r id ges hi re Thomas Hall and Robert D. Hall, builders, White chapel-road Henry G. Stephens, dealer in music, Salisbury-terrace, Ball's-pond-road Charles Kay, house agent, Fitzroy-street, Fitzroy-sq Henry Wilson, medical agent, Charles-st., Haymarket Wm. Speed Clothier, licensed victualler, Portsea Geo. Michelson, farmer, Gosberton, Lincolnshire Thos. D. Forbes, grocer, Birtley, Northumberland Wm. Bond, college servant, Oxford John Mellor, boot maker, Kirkgate, Wakefield Wm. Barr, wheelwright, Eyton, Herefordshire Thos. Beebe, shopkeeper, Youlgreave, Derbyshire Abraham M'Gill, plumber, Whitehaven John Jones, furniture broker, Chester John Wm. Brown, alias J. Jenkinson, late of Hereford Moritz Sellmar, theatrical agent, Str an d Robert Court &Hen, Forrest-row, Kingsland-road Abraham Benjamin, feather dealer, Mile-end George Taylor, late of Anderton's Hotel, Fleet -street Charles Mokler, poulterer, West Smithfield Thomas Bayley, plumber, Deptford Wm. Swift, innkeeper, Leominster Wm. Price, grocer, Wolverhampton Ellis Palmer, clerk, Swansea Samuel Williams, painter, Weston-super-Mare Robert Basham, trainer, Cold Kirby, York Joseph Johnson, surgeon, Hogsthorpe, Lincoln Henry Pepper, agent, Leeds Mary Ann Hoole, innkeeper, Manchester Wm. Walker Hoole, innkeeper, Manchester Charles H. Groves, builder, Birmingham Mary Baguley, grocer, Nottingham Wm. Wheewall, fishmonger, New Radford Henry Wilson, lace maker, New Radford John Fairbrother, brewer, Hertford Henry Foisted, Standon, Hertfordshire Elijah Pacey, huckster, Derby Richard Heath, carpenter, South Brent, Devonshire Thomas H. Readied ge, bootmaker, Brighton James Jenkin, general merchant, Redruth, Cornwall Mary Taylor, confectioner, Bishopwearmouth Robert John Merry, publican, Norwich Edward Driver, clerk, Norwich Wm. Lambert, butcher, Ardleigh, Essex John Crompton, grocer, Leek, Staffordshire Richard Chinnery, farmer, Isle of Ely John Wilson, smith, Hetton-le-Hole, Durham George Forth, baker, Hilborough, Norfolk John Beard, innkeeper, Lindfield, Sussex Arthur Dashwood and George Samuel Symmons, oil merchants, Hackney-road Jeremiah Pankhurst, wheelwright, Euston-square Charles William Holland, builder, Chipping Wycombe James Arnie, box maker, City William French, boot maker, Great Marylebone,st ree t James Bull, Ventnor, Isle of Wight Manuel Marie Antoine de Gil de Olivares, wine mer chant, Leicester-square William Hall, beer dealer, Cheltenham Richard Hollings, printer, Bradford William Marden, beer seller, Bradford William Huilah, tobacconist, Bradford Joseph Horatia Charles Horner, clerk, Bradford Frederick Godbehere, beer seller, Sheffield • Robert Edwin Thomas, leather dealer, Torquay Alice Brooks and Samuel Toy, brickmakers, West Broomwich John Wm. Hudson, surveyor, St. Pancras Frances Busby, butcher, Queen's .road, Bermondsey John Whitchelow, japanner, Park-road, Battersea. Joseph Evans,house agent, Fitzroy-street,Pitzroy-square Charlotte Wynier,Delamare- crescent, Westbourne- grove Thomas Hamper and Frederick Collingwood,hop factors, Mark-lane Charles Browne, farmer, Adbolton, Nottinghamshire George Shepherd, baker, Kingston-Bagpuize, Berks Samuel Laban, boarding-house keeper, Haverstock-hill Charles Martin, general agent, Mark-lane William Metcalf, waterman, Cannon-street-road SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Colin Maccall, innkeeper, Crieff David Rose, tenant of Rome, Menmuir, Forfarshire COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 191 11 191 Antwerp — 25 55 25 60 Brussels — 25 55 25 60 Hamburgh — 13 8 13 8} Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —118 a Vienna Trieste .. 14 45 14 55 Petersburgh Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn 25 80 Milan 25 77/ 25 77/ Genoa 484 481 25 75 25 70 25 70 391 118 k 118} 511 51/ Naples Palermo 39t 118 k Messina Lisbon.. Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (standard) .... Mexican Dollars 1181 52/ 52 £3 17 9 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) ..... South American Doubloons .. RACING FIXT RES FOR 1862. Lincoln ... 25 LCH. Nottingham S Derby Spring 6 Northampton Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spring Ponteland Newmarket F S 5 Chester Spring l3 York Spring Epsom Summer 3 Chelmsford ll Manchester ll JU Odiham Bibury Club Newton Stockbridge 3 Winchester Newmarket Worcester Liverpool AUG 0 0 0 0 0 0 FEBR' :VARY. Liverpool S ll Shrewsbury S .. 27 Newmarket C 2l Cat terick Bridge .. 24 Think 29 Salisbury .. 22 Bath Harpenden 3O Ascot Newcastle Hampton LY. Abingdon Pontefract .. 17 Ilungerford . l7 Nottingham Southampton 22 Stamford 24 Marlborough Goodwood JUST. Radcliffe Brighton Brighton Club Lewes 8 Oxford.. Wolverhampton ..... .. 11 Stockton 26 EEP TIMBRE.. Devon and Exeter...... 2 1 Richmond Derby Plymouth r 23 9 Manchester . If ._.! ...... , g; 16 Newmarket F U 2 1 Leicester ........... 2 4 .. ............... 4 Monmouth ............ :2:2 OCTOBER. Bedford 21 Newmarket S 0 .. 13 Newmarket 11 I NOVEMBER. Vi orc ester ............ 4 I Liverp00l Hereford .............. 10 Shrewsbury -----,----... ma T d h e e tFheedearnanl uCaolundeivilisoiefnS it of fe s ffi er e l e a r nd aam ha o s ng ju it s s t members : Count St cempfli, as president for the year 1862, takes the direction of political affairs ; M. Fornerod is vice-president, and head of the War Department ; M. Knusel takes the Finances; MM. Pioda, Frei-Herosee, and Naefere spectively r(tain the Departments of the Interior, the Customs, and Commerce. Lastly, M. Dubs will direct the Departments of Justice and Police. HOLY ROOD PALACE,—On Tuesday, by the direc ion of the Lord Chamberlain, there was plastid over the principal entrance-door to Holyrood Palace the funeral achievement or "hatchment " of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort, which will remain there, accordingoag t to eht the kind i f n o d r h a as year bee frombeen f formerly the m e rly dateplaocef theplaced th e f r u e n , funeral. Nothing I reigning sovereigns, so that the present cirenrastance is gniti e o i n m o il f ar H a o c l h yr ie o v od Pa l ace r a o s y i a gn l r i e fi s c i an de t ee nc r es. o A day fixed over the entra nce to BalmeollaralCawstaßlase.o—nonSthecoeotissisnaatmhtsee r ~+ Share stk 8 20i 204 10 no I 174 20 stock 20i 20i 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock s took 1