The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-30 00:00:00

NEW X. 'hetirt it an i n . the I, though savvoo She riff; It!r Aar idrY 3d pith 1y t ogo• vari ably out Ward [of% site', fi )1 In of 111 t o give N It, and IV 7 bacv It tiority it y an d at s these F Elect, Le other i th the " )bes of ►e they J. J. - .eats, nit Ter to due r, in n ,t of „ f the o f Mr. it ierifff• prO' • eater, .. . ( Tossed where bar. rt, svi ffi an d d in s • o f die. y'. or en e ( , e re. it and tot 01 . n ,rget to No ed hi ll Irg, ate' ledon, ) Cry.. d they Th .e t ha Al al, a a not•l other mice' I nsuc r banl c bute d attei r .had and,. OUSE I. )our— ilure not, Of 0 nee , i MIXT I- co a• le • on an k !the reef, Date. Tan. tful, 771. MONEY MA &NI) KET COY.PIERCIAL INTELLIGENOZ. CITY, Two o'Cnocx The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, and prices were rather higher. The sales 50 were 12,000 bales, 1,000 for export, and 3,000 on speculation, and in addition to Americans, 270 a Pernam and Maranham, at bid. to 7d. ; 400 , 7 Bahia, at 61d. to 60. ; 500 Egypti an , a t 7d. to - 22 1 Bid. ; 1,200 Surat, at 4id. to sid. ; and 50 Sea : 2 . t . 5 Islands, at to Is. 2id. p er lb. Th e Railway 1"' Share Market was quiet, and prices were a shade lower than on S a t ur d ay l as t . St. 50 The Paris commercial report states that the great 50 event of the past week has been the raising of the .0 ) 2 , 1 : rate of disco un t b y th e B an k of France. This 10 measure has been adopted at a period when trade 10 is dull, and the warehouses are about laying in 5° , 5 their supplies for the winter season ; and is con- St, sidered a fresh obstacle to a favourable return of 1 ? business. Th e reso l ut i on of the Bank has been 8 determined upon in consequence of the great ope- 25 rations in silk, and the speculations in gold and 2 5 . silver. Busi ness amongst t h e manufacturers has st. been very quiet during the week, and chiefly 10 . caused by the mone t ary cr i s i s on the Bourse. i Rt n The warehouses have commenced to make purchases St. to meet their wants for the ensuing season. The 1 4° same causes which have depressed the home trade ;t. save checked commerce with foreign countries. 3 1: Germany send s ver y f ew comm i ss i ons, and the pur- it. chases made on French account are required to be gt paid for in silver. Large sums have also been sent from Marseilles to the Sea of Azoff in payment for the wheat brought from thence. On the other 5° ,, hand new ord ers h ave arr i ved from America, in 11.31 consequence of the improvement in trade at New 4 3 - York and Orleans, and the easy state of the money 23 market. The demand for merchandise for export -11 to the Brazils and other states in South America is q g t. t * regular, and manufactures especially prepared for 20 these countries command a high price in the 10 market. The inquiry for di scoun t accommodation at the ! il. Bank of England is described as being excessive. 2 , 5 , This additional p ressure h as of course arisen from i!? the expectation that the minimum rate of discount 1 ( ' - will be raised o n Th urs d ay to s i f not 54 per cent. 0 A confident impression seems to prevail that an stt increase of per cent. would be comparat i ve l y use- 5 less, and be quite insufficient to check the demand for discounts. The effect of either mea sure, hew 21 ever, has already b een an ti c i pate d , and in 51 the existing state of affairs it is generally admitted 11 that the extreme course would be the most expe dient. Already the value of money in Lombard street is 5 per cent., even on the best descriptions of paper, and the tendency is still upwards. All hope of an early improvement in monetary affairs, St' both at h ome , i n F rance, an d throughout the Ger- it man. States, is therefore abandoned, and although few predict a crisis, there is, nevertheless, a well- 50 founded impression that the prevailing stringency St, will, be prolonged for some months. At Paris S t money is very scar ce an d t ra d e d epressed, while lo the Bourse continues in an exceedingly heavy con- ig dition. The letters daily received speak in very to gloomy terms of the future. This, however, is it always the case when business is dull and prices l ° are declining. o st. There has latterly been a singular absence of S i t gold remitt ances f rom A ustra li a, b ut the Champion gt, of the Seas and several other vessels with large 1 0 quantities of treasure are now over d ue , an d may be 3t'. hourly expected. Their arrival at this period, St. Whf al the money market is so unsettled, would be Ter y opportune. to Her Majesty's ship flighflyer, for the East ,; 5 1 ' Int lies, will t a k e ou t, it i s sa id , 80,0001. to the 2-5 Cape of G oo d H ope . Th e amount on board the &urine, for the Peninsula, is 26,5501. The Funds are now about 1 per cent. lower than at the official close of business yesterday, with a very feeble appearance. An unpleasant feeling 'prevails with reference to Italian politics, but the chief cause of the decline this morning is the further fall in the Rentes at Paris. Consols for money were 92k, and afterwards 91i ; while for account they were 92b f, and 914 92. They are now 91i for the former, and 91i 92i for the latter, being firmer. Exchequer Bills have sunk to 7s. to 10s. premium, and the Bonds were 99i. East India Bonds are marked Bs. premium. Foreign Stocks are also lower, but the dealings are limited. Turkish 6 per Cents. are down to 98i and 99, and the 4 per Cents. to 1001 Spa nish Threes are 42 ; Portuguese Threes, 42i ; and Mexican 22k. Russian 4} per Cents. have been 95 to 96. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 71. ; Mexican, 214 to 22 ; Peruvian, 76 to 78 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56 to 58 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 42 to 44 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 to 108 ; ditto 415 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41/ 421 ; ditto Deferred, 23i 24 ; ditto Certificates, ; ditto Passive, 61 The English Railway Shares are all depressed, being on the average 10s. to 1/. lower than yester day. Great Northern, however, form an excep tion, having been firm. About an average amount of business has been done. French and other foreign shares, in which there has been very little movement of late, have all decidedly fallen in consequence of the depressed state of the continental bourses and money markets. Northern of France have dropped /, Paris and Lyons 4, and Great Luxembourg to 4. The Canadian also rule at reduced quota tions. Joint-stock banks are generally quoted a trifle lower, but the Bank of Egypt are firm. Canada Land shares have recovered 21. to 31. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE,, O'CLOCK. ( Iron& the Official List; Ft wenn.. done. 3 per Cont. Console Annuities 921 1i India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 8 Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, 21d £1000 £5OO, 7 10 Small Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent.. — Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO('E . Mexican 3 per Cent — vitt° Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account 423 Russian Bonds, 1822, I! St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent. Spann); Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Turkit.h Bonds, 6 per cent 99 83 Ditto Account T)itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account . lOOl i Dividends on the aboro payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cen;., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 96 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money 914 DitteAccount... . The directors of the Crystal Palace Company announce that " pending the verification of the share register now in progress, the issue of the dividend warrants on the ordinary s hares is necessarily suspended." THE TELEGRAPH IN THE NORTH.—The Electric Telegraph Company entertain the idea of extending their wires to the north, altogether independent of the extension of the railway. A favourable idea is the pro longation of the electric telegraph along the sea coast. The company are prepared to extend their communica tion along the coast as far as the Orkney Islands, pro vided an annual income of 2,0001. can be guaranteed to them for a certain number of years. —.Aberdeen Herald. THE ART TREASURES EXHIBITION.—To the list of contributors we have already given we have the pleasure to add the noble name of Salisbury. The marquis has given the Manchester committee carte blanche in select ing from his pictures at Hatfield. The first instance we have heard of refusal to the application of the committee is from General Wyndham. This is to be regretted, for few collections equal Petworth in genuine Holbeins ; it is also rich in specimens of the English school, and contains several of the chefs d'oeuvre of Vandyke. KOSSIITH'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—We have already , announced the approaching visit of M. Kossuth to Edin burgh, for the purpose of delivering a lecture to the Working classes, in compliance with an invitatioe signed by Lop working men, which his feeble health prevented him from accepting when here formerly. We learn that on this occasion M. Kossuth will also lecture in Dundee, Montrose, Kelso, Jed burgh, Dumfries, Ayr, Hamilton, and Lanark, from all of which he has received nume rously piped requisitiQua. !rata, cAtL~►~:e. 9i trabg. No.ett. u c ,. P. %.710 In.itr.. Junll. - , L• fal,irs..ii & ,P.3 , lyuitt, *ll 'l3l .nning.l l . 7 (Ave , ll .., Rtour Valley all BirkeAd. Danesh. 4 Chesh!re Juliet ...... al . !bo. Moab.. 4 Birk. ,1 Ali j Do., do. .........-- all Blackburn • all tilytt. & , Tyneerigiva .424 (les& at £4l 1100 ,Bristol ant Exeter.., l 100 I Caledonian. all !Chester et Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, lit Pass 1 18 Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 1 45 Dublin4BelfastJune. j all Dun. P. 4 Aber: Jne.l 100 East Anglian ....... . . all Eastern Counties...,. 100 East. Union, A Stli 10. Be., B. Stock, 8 i Do., New A. 15 East Kent 100 Fast Lancashire 100 Edinburgh 4 Glasgo, all Edinb. and Peebles MO Edin.Prth 4Dande all Forth & Clyde Jan;. 100 Furness 1 all Do. Extension ....... . all Great N. of Scotlnd. l l 100 Groat Northern . 100 Do., A. Stock -. 1 00 Do., B. St oc k 1)0 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) 100 Great Western..,,.... 100 Do. Stour Val, Rai! Una. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all [Animater & Carlisle 143! Do., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lincash.audYorkFl-, i Du., wet. aiding Cu all Do. South} ort all Loudon & Blackwail 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 16 Du. Fifths 54 D0.101.5h.,M&8...0 9.4 Do. Eighth,* 100 Landon andS. WeNtn. all rindndrry4Colorain• all , ndttdrrv.& Ennis}; 100 Aanch.Shef.& Lincl -428 )•)„, Man. & Lin, TTI , 1 vfetropolitan 1 Do. J L. Ricardo's arrangement LOO 4idland lOU )o. Birmng. & Derb all lidld. G. West, (Ire, all 10. Half Shares All lewcastle & Carlisle all Vwpt.Aberg.&Hrfd 8i Vewry & Enniskille all srewry, Warrenpoint .nd Rostrevor [OO Vorfolk 3 'orthn.Counties Tit 10," North 8riti5h........ WO ith Devon Rail. A: Dock Stock ... ...... 100 )0., A Stock,.. [OO .'o. B Stock MC i.liastern—Berwi k 23i1 )o. do. Extension 16 :lo.do. G.N.E. Pura}, all Do. Leeds 100 00. York 100 forth London 311. '. &S.Watrn.,Ham stead, and City Jo, L 7? 'forth Staffordshir-, al 'forth Western all 'T. &S. Westrn.Juns )x., Wore., Wol , 14 ',.rtnnouth 9 Rhymney . (X: i..ottigh Central 10) Scot. N E.Abrdn St. iilt Do. Scot. Mid. St. Of 2 SitinebournokSheer. a' ionth Devon I Y ionth Eastern . !00 'onth Wales . I Yrkah. 4 Riv. Du • so all ft,lnes, Wok. leWo tooktOn k Dar'ing 14 Do., do., 1854 3 Do., do., 1855 ,togiten di Hartley s 'MT Vale I 'o. Pref., No. 1 22 Thames Hay. D.& R all s7ale of Neath -a vaterfd. & Kilkeno gaterford&Limer all 'Vest Cornwall..... all Vest End of Loud, and Crystal Palace. all Do. A ......, . all Do. B 41 vest L0nd0n......... all Do. Fi] st Class all Do. Second Class all oVimbledn&Cropt. i.ntvrerp4Rott. rti. D 10 Ardennes all -ielgian Eaath. Jun , 14 fieziers to Graissesa: e 9 Bombay, Baroda, an c',en. India, g. 5 p. c all Do. 8 Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. ail Carineaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. Ms. Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do atl Demerara 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 19 Do. New 2s. Eastern Bengal ad East lndiau A and B, g. ..... . .. 5 IDo. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do, do. D, gu. sp. c. all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s; all no. do. do., 'sq. '2 s . iEuphrates Valley 1( s.'Eui. All Geelong Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. . all Dd. 'Trunk of Canada all Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'6. ell Do. Clomp. 6p. c., do 18 Gt. Central of Fran all Gt. Tn. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c 15 iireat Luxembourg all Gt.Westernoteanada 5 1 . , Do. New "til Do. Bds., payable 's' all. Do. do., '76, p. ' l O all Do. do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, withou option 4 Italian' Junction all Lake Const. all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. ail Lucca 4 Piet. sp. c.p 15 Lyons and Geneva all Lyons dc Mediterran all Wadras, guar. 4 p.c all Do. New do., 5 . p. 0 10 Do. 4i D. c. Eaten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c all Warta Antonia a ll no. do. New all Namur dg Liege all Do. do ,C p. c. Pref all Northern of France all NorwegianTrankPre all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans. 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c, 5 Rome and Frascati all qoyal Danish ...... all Royal Swedish ... 7 2A 2 ell -3 ainbre and Mettiie all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref 5 icinde, guar. sp. all D 0... all southern of France 3t. Andrew's an , Quebec (A).,,....., r.!: Vest Flanders ...... Do. 54 per c. Pref $ ll V. &N. W. of Franc, 6 Western of Austria West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden . all I Do. Bper cent. Pref. •.il &Rhin( ........ a 1 Australasia 12c Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London kll B r i. C o l . Bk.&Ln. C. al Iritish N. American 5 Chart& Bank of Asir 6 Child. fink. of India, Australia, & China 50 City 25 •aolonial 20 Commercial of Lond all Rag.Seot.StAns.Cht all Lond. Chart Bk. of Australia . 15 Ditto New, 20 London and County 50 Lutt.&E. Bnkg, Corp 10 London Joint Stock. 30 London and Paris 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Pro.ef 'Eng 10 Do. Naw 22 INational Bank all Now South Walar.... all Oriental Lk. Corp., 10 Ottoman Bank ..... 'LL PrGvincial of Irelano al! bO. New I R Aug B &Go Int et all 4 onth lustralia all Uni (4 or Auatrulla.. 2i, Do. New 10 Union of London 50. Wester n Bk of Low i - 1 i d 11 - 11. 344 ... 35 116 -12 i 21i - 92, 1 - 21f - 2E i = i 22 - 22 i 1 - 12, 75 - 41 - 21 - - 234 - 14 - 99 - 110 ILO - 109 111 4i - 9 - 201 -20 i ti - lip - OP 1 - 11F1 8i - 9 20f - 20! 37/ - 381 9 - 10 501 - 511 51 • - 53 i - i 19 - 20 - 11i 12 9 t 9 21 - 2i -- Pro 4f - 94 - 10 36 - 36, 1 - li] 7 JOINT-B'POCIN BANKES. 104 106 3 - 2d 60 62 li - i'l 64 - • 66 •• .•' 16 •I- 16, 191 -19 i ••• - ••• 1 - 3p .. -- ...a so* ... ... 45 31 lid 40 ••• ..... ~.. 35 37 66 68 si ••• -- i .. 6 .-. d Et A R itt. ARKETa eu-r ri.l . B DAY.) AYR, C!ostilg Prices Yekef,lo. RAIL • o• .... • •• ••• 15 • 8& 33 -- 22 - 80 52 - 33i - 91 St - 8 911 92 79 -- 81 [24 127 [l4 - 116 631 63i 70 74 54 64 54 64 95.) 93 Ci 7 104 les 1024 103 par - P par - p * d 1 1 04 --- 1044 ... 31 32; 1 - 76i - ii 48 - 50 •N 14 - i 5 ••• 48 - 56 3i - Si 37 38 ••• . " 78i - 79 5i - 5 A 34 - 3 174 - 18 544 55i 94 - 96 5 1 - 6§ - 7 10 -- 11 27 - 28 106 - 108 - 2 77 79 47 -- 49 1 ... I 1 4. 15 69 - 69, 78 - 80' 5 - 3 2 -1, 15 -- 17 36} - 37 '• ...° ••• . - ... 18 j 119.1 5f - 24 - 26 6i 74 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i - ... ....10 ... FOR KIGN. 10 i I_l4 S 1 , 4 . 1 DON, TJESA EV E IN G. 8 - P_P i7E3I_I3ER 30, AYTOUN'S NEW POEM. ansiness done this day And many a cottage rings to•r;ight With many a merry strain : Young boys and gir:s run laughing by, Their hearts and ryes elate ; I can but think on mine and sigh, For I am desolate," &c.—GriPt. What shall we say of that (doubtless unwitting) recollection of Buses ? "They range at will the memntain paths, They hear the falcon cry ; And berp, within a loath ly A fettered slave am I."—Bothwell. "The gowan blocms upon the bill, the primrose by the brae ; The hawthorn's budding in the glen and calk white is the s,lae ; • The ra.:anest hind in a' Scotland may rove thy sweets ainanz, lint I, the Queen of a' Saotlan , l, matm lie in prison strang."—Burns. What of that other transcript from the Laureate ? " Ho told me of her breaking heart, Of bitter tears she shed, Of the sad cry she raised to heaven, '0 God 1 that I were dead r"--Bothwell. As everybody knows—literally the refrain of Mr. Tennyson's Marianna in the floated Grange. Precisely as that other passage— " Ring on, ye bells ! Let others throng, &e. Ring on fur them ! I hear you well, &c." —Bothwell. is but the reiteration of the dulcifluous and well remembered " Ring out, wild belle, to the wild sky ! Ring out the old, ring in the new Bing out the false, riug in the true, &c.'? —ln emoriam. Precisely, too, as th a t ou tb urst in Bothwell, "By heaven it was a glorious sight," ,bc,, is the dim echo of " But, oh 'twas a glorious sight to see The charge of the Christian chivalry !" What most amaze us, however, among these evi dently unconscious transcripts by Professor Aytoun are the two hereafter particularised, one from Scott, the other from Byron. To wit— ' " 0, never rest your faith on wort; Pens are for priest s ; t rus t nought but swords." "Let women, Ed war d, war w i t h words, Bothwdl. With curses monks, but men with Is w °Hs. " —Sir Walter. And, to crown all— " There is a peak of guilt so high That those who reach it stand above The sweep of dull humanity, The trail of passion and of love. The lower clouds that dim the heavens Touch not the nr , untain's hoary crown, And on the summit, thunder•riven God's lightning only smites them down 1" "He who ascend s t o mounta i n - tops will find ßothwell. The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind /anal; look down on the hate of those bolo w. Though high above the sun of glory glow And far beneath th e eart h and ocean spread , Round him are icy rocks, and keenly blo w Contending te m p ests round his naked head : And thus reward the toils which to those summits lead." Harold. As Lord Byron hi mse lf , however, Childe used jocosely to contend when subjected to similar accusations— plagiarisms are proofs positive, first of all, of a man's extensive reading, and, secondly, of his re tentive memory ! Apart from all such casual evi dences of either of these enviable capacities on the part of Professor Aytoun, Bothwell abounds, hardly less than the Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, with tokens of those many rare intellectual powers which in their peculiar and forceful combination constitute our author's distinguishing characteris tic. That characteristic of poetic fire, energy, en thusiasm, or impulsiveness, which tends to associate his genius in our minds with thou, of a Tyrimus or a Campbell. It is the conspicuous charm of his heroic song—that deep, sad, earnest passion which seems to throb in its very rhythm, and to vibrate in the manly and sonorous rhyme marking the measure of each musical cadence. Throughout the whole of this laboriously-sustained monologue, Bothwell, Booth to say, is the not unbefitting exponent of that lyric enthusiasm which is, so to speak, the origin of the dynamic force, of the hidden motive power setting in play Professor Aytoun's imagination. Whether the lawless cap tive is listening awe-fully while— " . . the midnight chimes proclaim The hallowed season come, When .Heaven's broad gates are opened wide, Acd Hell's loud roar is dumb." Or remembers with scornful' indignation how it came to pass that Darnley neglected his beautiful Queen for Queans far less beautiful-- . " Lett her, with base unmanly threat, Alone to weep and pine ; That he might lie in 1221x101,2 lap., - And hiccup o'er his wine." Whether at another moment he is unatterin,g to himself, as it were, with ground teeth and flashing eyes— 'NES LEASEb AT PIXAD RENTALS. RAttltats. ail Sedfor6 and Blet•Thley Backgbaluol 100 Clydes , laio t . all Col. Stour 'Ty. 10c E. Lin. g, pe all E. Un. H. S. 100 Glas. P.arr. & Neils. Direct 100 Do. New,., all Glstr.4 Dn. Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway ali Hull & Selby all Do. nitro. all Do. Shares. all Lon.teGreenwi all Do. Preference 100 . Lon., Til., s. 34 Do. Bark. Sh. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. X) Do. 6 per et. all Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock *ll Middleeb-n' Redc.g 6 p.c. 100 Midld. Bradt,. 54 Newmarket Bury E. Gl.spc all N.& EBt.s p.c. all Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds p c all Prost. yr. all Do. 61irs. A Royetu.Salit. l 8j Shof.Roth_an•; Gooleg.s p.c. all Shrews..tHer 10j S. Statiordsh all Wear Valleygr ' 6 per cent all Do lo:.apan Loa , lon & N. We, t. L. &N. W. Caled nr E. U k E.O E. Count. Caldonikn einvlTl yesterdiy. D 0.., I Gt. \fem. Yk. New. Berw Do S. Emden D 0........ Ipeto &co, ..... Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midid Stckton & Darlingt. hfidland En. Conn. IE. Count. D 0... Do L. & N.W Do 94 - 97 100 - 105 12 - 14 139 - 141 4 ... 46 ••• "'" - 29 106 - 107 13 - IPi 234 - 244 .10 - 115 4 1p 1 - 1 93 - 95 i - iP 57 - 59 OtNorthu Lancash& Yorke'. T. Brassey ff.lifClean Stockt. .Ir l Dariingt 135 -- 140 7 - 3i - 32 - 90 1 100 I Wiltekgornrat I atWestn. R 3 92 PREFERENCE SHAR M.. 25 all Myth and Tyne lOpe c. prof. (issd. a 1501 ... ,„, St. 100 [iris. k Ex. 4p.c. Si ... ... 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares • . St. 100 Caled n. £lO 44 p.c. 96 - 98 15 all , Thes.4l, Flo. Gn. 5/ 1 1 .. 154 - 164 9$ all Do. do. Pref. No. 2. ... 24 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 . . o 4 all Cork .kßandons?p.c 41 -• 5.} tli all Dun. Prth .61 Aber..f. 6 - 64 10 2 Z. Anglian Cis. ASh ... - St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c 105 - 101 St. 1100 Do. do Cis. C7p. c. 95 --• 100 all Flas.Co.Ex,speNo. i A pm ' ' all Do. No. 2 10 all Do. New 6p. c. 51' 2 --12 4 i 10 all East Un. ' G. 6p. c ... -- .. 5 all Do. 51. , 10 per con' ... - 10 all Do. It. Debentr.Sl ~. - .., St. all Do. do. 4 per cent. ... - .. St. 100 East LancaA. 6p. et , ... - ... 5 all E. kW. York. 3. sth , ... 10 4 &lin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh ... - ... 'it. 100 ICd. Prth.&Dun.4p.c 77 - 79 St. 100 Furness •• - ••• x d WU Glee. & S.W. G. sp. c ... - St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 115 - 117 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.. 110 - 112 110 Rt. 106 Do. 44 p. c. lO2 - 7 . 104 102 [OO 60 De.s p. e., Red. a% : p. c. pm... . - . .. 62 - 61 to all Gt. N. o f r 30t.listrr , 104 - 104 St. 100 Gt. S. S.W. (Ireland ... • 20 13 Do. 4per 0. Pref. S ... -- i 0 5 Gt. W.(5.103.Ex5pc 6 - 64 St. 100 Do.con. red. 44 p.c. 95 - 97 St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c 89 - 91 St. 100 Do. irred s 4p. c. - 91 St. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref 100 • 102 100 8 all Do. Birm, Pref. Sh. 94 -10 i 10 all Do.ChesterBp.c.P.s' 16i - 174 10 all Do. do. sp. c. do.. 10 - 104 St 100 Do. Birm. Gina. Stk 72 - 7 4 ZEI all Do. Ches. qua. Sh 194 - 201 i; i all Do. do. do 94 - 10,4 A., all Do. do. do • 14i - 154 16 6 Lan. &Yo r k. F. 420 - A •t. 100 Do. 6p. c. 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A spirit-stirring, Scottish, historical ballad-poem —that would have gladdened the eyes of old Sir Walter Scott, and have moved the heart of yormag Sir Philip Sidney as with the sound of a trumpet, —Bothwell will sustain, without in any appreciable degree enhancing Professor Aytoun's reputation. As a whole, it is worthy of him—yet in no way be yond, even if it really equal what his master-hand has already accomplished. And what that hand has accomplished the lovers of pathos and frolic, of impassioned eloquence and of satiric acrimony, know full well, and knowing appreciate even to the extent of a wide-spread and unaffected admiration. Hence the popularity secured to his various pro ductions almost immediately upon their successive appearance. Hence the gay triumph won for his Book of Ballads, by that arch-wag of wags, Bon Gaultier ! Hence the contagious peals of laughter provoked (in that name of serio-comic particularity, the name of T. Percy Jones) by the spasmodic tragedy of Firmilian I Hence the rapid pas sage through nine large, and some of them costly, editions of what still remains William Edwonstoune Aytoun's most remarkable contribu tion—sinsultaneously to our poetical, and historical, and imaginative literature—his fervid, earnest, inspiriting national lyrics, the Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers. Another, and more elaborated pa triotic ballad, coming within the same category, a new Lay of one of the more fierce and daring, and at the same time one of the more execrably base and blood-stained Cavaliers of Scotland, is this " Poem, in Six Parts"—commemorative of Both well—the infamous James, Earl of Bothwell, who, as third husband of the beautiful and unfortunate Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (partner of her throne by the brute force of a lawless conspiracy), was (strange to tell) at once a Rebel and a Sovereign Throughout the Poem, as the Author remarks in the course of his brief but sufficient Preface, he has not once deviated, ho tells us, from what he con siders to be the historical truth. In corroboration of which fact a variety of valuable and interesting Notes are (according to Professor Aytoun's wont) appended. By one of the most succinct and curious of which notes the reader is reminded very vividly of the astonishingly rapid sequences of the principal events iu the romantic history of Mary Queen of Scots. Beginning with her marriage with the Dauphin, on the 24th of April, 1558, and ending with her incarceration in Loch leven on the 15th of June, 1567. Nine years, crowded with so many joys and sorrows, with so much splendour and abjection, with so many tragic events and pathetic vicissitudes ! Married, as wo have seen, on the 24th of April, 1553, to the Dauphin, Mary was espoused on the 27th of July, 1565, to Darnley, and on the 15th of May, 1567, wedded in terror and anguish to the remorseless Bothwell. Remaining in the first in terval a widow scarcely five years, her royal hus band, Francis 11., having expired prematurely on the sth of December, 1560 ; and in the second in terval wearing the weeds little more than three months, Henry Darnley having been barbarously murdered on the 10th of February, 1567, by the horrible Gunpowder Plot of Kirk-o'-Fields. In reference to which deed of darkness it should never be forgotten by those who cherish so much fana tical bigotry in connection with the grim remem brances associated with the sth of November— that that conspiracy was a projected vengeance for a crime not only projected but actually accom plished in the previous century ! Darnley, the father of James I. of England and VI. of Scotland, having really fallen the vi3tim of the Gunpowder Plot of Protestant conspirat&S, as his son was after wards nearly falling a victim to the Gunpowder Plot of RomaniCatholic conspirators. The one, a dark deed absolutely accomplished; the other a dark deed projected, but never accomplished. Remembering , which it seems scarcely just that sectarian animosi ties should be still sedulously and rancorously kept alive in regard to the co-religionists of intending criminals—while the actual criminals of an earlier generation are abandoned wholly to the damning Nemesis of History alone, without being recalled periodically to popular remembrance and execration by the sour-flavoured prayers of an implacable and scurrillous anniversary. There has often been a talk of our sweeping away by legislative enactment that portion of the Church-service relating to the sth of November. Nevertheless, it still remains— glorified by the squibs and crackers of our ingeni ous street urchins ; as much the idol of the zealot as to the small London boy is the ragged old Guy annually borne from house to house upon a rush bottomed chair. However, to return to Professor Aytoun's Poem from this incidental episode of criti cism, in reference to what in that poem of his he has se admirably described, namely, the real Gunpowder Plot, the realised plot of James Bothwell, and not the merely projected plot of Guido Fawkes—it is especially worthy of notice by the readers of this stirring ballad, that it portrays the third husband of Mary as he really was, accord ing to the most creditable witnesses (Herries, for example, and Throckmorton), with all his crimes unglozed, with all his daring, his ambition, and his remorse. Extending over "Six Parts" though it does, the whole poem (220 pages 8vo.) is nothing less than a Monologue ! Bothwell himself loquitur throughout. The scene from first to last, lying in his dungeons in the Castle of Malmoe, in Denmark ! So that poring over these extended verses, the reader of the "Six Parts" of this La mentation might be half-tempted to ask with the voluble and bewailing Earl— " Is it the dripping of the roof, Or plunging of the sea, That thus infects me with the weight Of their monotony ?" ,(r. 21) — might be half-tempted to ask, we say, but that the nervous eloquence, the pathos, th e p ass i on , th e verve, we might almost add at times the (estrum, or afflatus of the poet, carries us onward un weariedly and eagerly to the final couplet, upon the strong current of his enthusiasm bearing up, so to speak, the ample pinions of his imagination. From the diingeon of Malmoe Castle, as from a watch-tower, we look back with the imprisoned and despairing Bothwell upon the salient points of his fierce and desperate career. The incidents beins , enacted all over again, so to say, under the Arid glare of hi s remorseful memory. flow distinctly, how vividly, how picturesquely—let the poem itself declare, in accents (some of them) " the world will not willingly let die." The recol lections of Bothwell coining, ever more and more wildly to us, to the accompaniment of the dia pason of the ocean washing ever and ever around the walls of his Danish dungeon. An accompani ment audible from the first when we hear— " With, thundering hurl, the angry sea Smite on the crags below." Audible, as audible t o th e l as t as w h en th e Cap tive Earl howls to the eagle flying over the storm tossed vessel— " Down with thy pinion on the mast, Scream louder in the air, And stifle in the wallowing sea The shrieks of their despair." Admirable as the poem is as a work of art, when examined piecemeal we cannot but regard it, in its main design, as—a mistake. It is by an error of judgment, we conceive, that the speaker in Aytoun's Bothwell (as very recently in Tenny son's Maud) is a madman—a maniac with lucid intet vats ! A rhetorical lunatic, no doubt of it— but still, when all is said and done, a lunatic, whe ther rendered so by despair, or remorse, or an guish, or horror, it matters nothing. Perhaps for this very reason our author may be held the less responsible for plagiarisms resulting from a griev ous disorder of the memory—au error iu Both well's instance, howbeit, which magnifies a molehill into a mountain : changing plagiarisms as such into anachronisms of portentous magnitude. To say nothing of the Scottish Earl's memento of his first worship of the young and lovely Queen of Scots, reminding one so vividly of Pope's celebration of Belinda's cross, as one— " That Jews might kiss and infidels adore." What shall we say of that reminiscence from the Poet-Laureate With rapiers drawn and pist.)l3 bent, They seize their wretched prey ; They wrenched her garments from his grasp, They stabbed him where ho lay."—Bothivd/. " They should have stabbed me where I lay, Oriana I h ow could I rise and come away, Oriana I How could I look upon the day ? They should have stabbed mu where I lay, Oriana! They should have trod me into c'ay, Oriana I "—Oriana. Again, passing by as, comparatively speaking, un worthy of particular notice that mention of Christ mas-- " Full many a hearth is decked to-night, To hail the blessed morn, On which, in ages long ago, The Saviour child was horn."—Bothwell— So " wondrous like" poor Gerald Griffin's lyric upon the same sacred festival, beginning— " The Christmas light is burning bright . In many a village pane, * A dungeon, by the way, in which, while Bothwell bewails his eternal separation from his old castle•home, "The Hermitage," ho can bad no solace in the thought Sung so exquisitely in an after ago by the poet Lovelace [will Professor Aytoun forgive the punning quotation ?]— " Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds innocent and quiet take That km au hernaitage,", "If laggard laws delay redress Fur insult, or for wrong, There is no arbiter like steel So ready and s, strong ;" Or in the wild, imaginary anticipation of the dread thunder-blast that blew old Kirk o'•Fields into ruin he marvels to himself among the revels of Holyrood on the night of Darnley's murder— " What, if that Babel should be htiiled, Struck dumb by one tremendous knell What, if the air above were filled With clanging from the clocks of hell ? It is ever in accents resounding and energetic that Aytoun breathes the whole fervour of his fancy through the lips of Bothwell. Very seldom, indeed, does it happen thr oug h th e w h o l e protracted length of the Six Parts of this _extended Monologue that the prevailing energy drops down into the bathos of a puling anti-climax, as (Part v., s. xii.), whore the rebel earl exclaims—. " 0 wretch to fashion such a lie ! O slave to ruin one so fair ? 0 false to faith and chivalry ! 0 villain, well may I despair 1" ..4s seldom as the lines halt through the casualty of a careless scanning, as when (twice in the poem) the rival Queen of England is spoken of with no regard at all to the exigeneies of her polysyllabic name-of-fame : ex. - gr. : " And fiercely blazed Eli:ab th's wrath Against the luckless pair, &c." No !—verve and verse for the most part through out the whole poem are, with these rare exceptions, entitled to all but unconditional commendation. The noblest passages in the production, to our thinking, being those de scriptive successively of the assassinations of Riccio and Darnley,' of . the abduction of Mary to Dunbar, and, above all, of the memorable duel in the Billhope glen between the Warden of the s Marches (Bothwell), and that sturdiest of all his foes, John Elliot, of the Park. One after another each of those foes of his, we are told, fell before the Warden of the Marches—Whitehaugh and Mangertou, Johnstone and Armstrong— I had them all,Antt only one, John Elliot, of the Park, , As stalwart and as bold a man As ever rode by dark. I sought him far, I sought him near, lie baffled all my men ' • At last I met him face tofac3, Within the Billhope glen. Short parley passed between us twain— " Thou art the Warden I" "Ay Then, Elliot, of the Park ?" "I am." " Wilt yield thee ?" "Come and try 1" We lighted down from off our steeds, We tied them to a tree ; The sun was sinking in the west, And all alone were we.. Out the steel ; and then began A al:arp and desperate strafe, For Elliot fought to 'scape the cord, I fought for fame and life. Ha, ha ! were he alive again And on this dungeon floor, What joy with such a man as that To cross the sword once more ! The blows he fetched were stark and strong, And so were mine, I we -n, Until I cleft his headpiece through, And stretched him on the green. " Wilt yield thee now ?" " I will not yield But an' ye promise grace." "That must you ask upon your knee Before your Sovereign's face." Blinded with blood he struggled up— " Lord Earl !" he said, " beware No man shall take me living yet ; Now follow, if you dare !" I slipped upon the btoken moss ; Amid in the shough we rolled, Death-grappling, silent, heaving each Within the other's hold. Ile passed above me and I felt— Oace—twiee—hi s dagger drive ; But mine went deeper through his breast — I rose but half alive ! All spun around me —trees and hills-- A mist appeared to rise ; Yet one thing saw I clearly yet Before my fading . eyes : Not half a, rood beyond the burn, A man lay stiff and stark ; I knew it was my stubborn foe, John Elliot of the Park. I strove in vain to sound my horn, No further strength had I ; And reeling in that lonely glen I fell—but not to die. A descriptive passage, that, worthy of the harp, he hand, the voice, whence came the glorious and uspiritint , Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers. Verses, 1 1 0 3 A, the .true " ring" in them—full Qf . heroic paesion, and of a charm strangely and wildly picturesque. Bothwell, let it be observed, is briefly but gracefully inscribed by the author, " To Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., 41Y—to the Eighteen ran. LATEST BETTING. EASTERN COUNTIES HANDICAP, 7 to 2 on Field 7 to 1 " bar one" (offered) 9to 1 agst Olympus (taken freely) CESARE WITCH. 100 to 6 agst Quince (taken) ARRIVED —Peter Wilkins, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. The only change of importance was the promotion of Flacrow to the "premiership " for the Eastern Counties Handicap, vice his stable companion, The Poacher, who has retired. The betting on the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire showed no important change. For the former Middle ton was quite friendless. Closing prices : EASTERN COUNTIES HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Flacrow (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst New Brighton (taken) 10 to 1 agst Little Gerard (taken) 100 to 8 agat Sister to Hesse Cassel (taken) 15 to 1 aget Inder (taken) 20 to 1 ag►:t Mr. Verdant Green (taken) CESAREWITCU STAKES. 12 t) 1 agst Fulbeck (offered, take 14 to 1 20 to 1 agst Alice Wentworth (taken) 20 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken) 20 to 1 aget Quince (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Cerva (taken, 25 to 1 also laid) 25 to 1 agst Mary (taken) 30 to 1 agst Peter Wilkins (taken) 30 to 1 agat Tyre (taken) 40 to 1 asst Duvernay filly (taken) CI3IBRIDGESHIRE STAKE/. 20 to 1 aget Lance (taken) 20 to 1 aust Polmoodie (taken) 30 to 1 agat The Trapper (taken) 30 to 1 agat Breeze (taken) DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 50 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken) EASTERN' COUNTIES HANDICAP. —The following horses are struck out :—Vongeance, Porto Rico, Cave Adul lam, Maid of the Morn, Eloquence. All John Scott's horses are struck out of their en gagements this week, except Vanity in the Hopeful Stakes. CESAREWITCH AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.— YO MATT W3f. Gnitv's advice for the above events is now ready. Lance for the Portland Stakes, at Doncas ter, and eleven other winners is something extraordinary, but the advice on the above races will astonish all, as 1,000 to 1 can be obtained about the double event. I am positive one, if both, does not come of. Recollect, I named Mr. Sykes and Crown Pigeon last year (first and second). Apply early, or the long price will be lost. Terms : —To the Cambridgeshire, 7s. 6d. ; one week, ss. ; single race, 2s. 6d. ; to the end of the season, 10s. U.—Address, 15,Charing-cross. THE STEAM FRIGATE MERRIAIAC. The United States screw steam-frigate Merrimac, now lying in Southampton Water, is 300 feet long. The length of her spar deck is 281 feet. Her breadth of beam is 511 feet, and depth of hold to gun deck 26 feet 3 inches. Her capacity at load line is 4,587 tons, and draught of water 231 feet. She has two 10-inch, 24 9-inoh, and 14 8-inch guns. Her 10-inch guns weigh 12,0001bs each, and the 24-inch guns 9,0001 be. each. The former would throw 130-p 'enders, the latter 84- pounders, and her 8-inch guns 64-pounders. Although Sir Howard Douglas is a great authority amongst American naval men, they differ, it appears, from him as to the comparative merits of solid shot and shell ; frir they intend that the Merrimac shall fight with shells. The weight of the 10 inch shells on board the frigate when unloaded is 101 lbs. ;of the 9-inch shells, 691 be. ; and of the 8-inch ones, 4911b5. The weight of metal from a broadside from the Merrimac, in solid shot, would bo 1,7161b5., and in shells, 1,382th5. One of the peculiarities of Dehlgren'a guns, which are on 13..ard the frigate is the enormous disproportion between the thickness of the breech, where the first shock of the explosion takes place, and that of the chase of the gun. Thus the breech metal iu the pivot guns is 10 inches thick, while the thickness of the chase is not above 24 inches; yet, notwithstanding this, when Dablgren's guns are purposely put to the extreme test, they burst at the breech, and not at the chase, which shows that the disproportion in thickness is not too great. The local variation of compasses is counteracted on board he Merrimac by three magnets, whose powers and posi tMn are adjusted by some secret calculation to the variable attractive powers of the different parts of the ship. The method of calculation is the invention of an American, who has n o t di vu l ge d hi s secret. His adjustment has answered extremely well in the Merri- lan. Hoisting arrangement, are attached to the screw the frigate. The screw is 26 feet 2 inches in pitch, and 17 feet 4 inches in diameter. The frigate has a 2-rod stt epic engine, with a 72-inch cylinder and a 3-foot stroke. The pressure of steam is 201bs. to the square inch. Tee revolutions are 50 per minute. The engine department is furnished with independent auxi liary engine for coaling the ship, and with four of Mar tin's patent vertical flue boilers, and a steam engine register and chronometer clock. The two latter are rare and costly instruments for an engine room. The consumption of fuel is 35 tons a day, full steam. The chief engineer's room is fitted up with every requisite for ima, inable accident that may occur. The length of the main mast of the Merrimac is 123 feet ; the fore mast is 111 feet, and the trim .n 1091. The size of the mainsail is 51 square feet, of the foresail 40 square feet, of the maintop 45 square feet, and of the jib 24 square feet, The whole area of the Merrimac's sails is 566 square feet. In order to carry an enormous armament, and to fight the heavy ships and batteries that she would be pitted against, she has been constructed of very great strength. She has iron transept braces 41 inches wide, and 4 of an inch thick between the outer and inner planking ex tending from the sheer plank to the keel. Her knees are of prodigious strength and solidity. In war time she would carry a fee , more guns of the same calibre as those she has now on board, and about 100 more men than she now musters. There are many things in this frigate de serving the attention of Englishmen. Her quarters for fighting are very roomy compared with those of English line-of-battle ships, crowded as the latter are with guns and men. Thus, in battle, there would be far less de struction of life on board the Merrimac than on board an English ship. The paucity of guns on board the fri gate is compensated for by their large calibre, and the frigate being more easily managed than our three-deckers, she would with her artillery—superior both in length of range and powers of mischief—do fearful damage to the largest line-of-battle ship before the latter could approach her. These have been the reasons that have induced the Americans to build and arm such frigates as the Merrimac, and the practice of a nation so shrewd, go ahead, and brave as America undoubtedly is, ought not to be despised. The Merrimac took two years building. She is the smallest of six frigates, built on the same plan, the names of the others being the Wabash, Minnesota, Colorado, Roanoke, and Niagara. The Merrimac was stationed a abort time at Havana before she came to Southampton, On Friday last, Crept. Prendergast, her commander, and some of his officers, dined with the Ciuntess of Hardwicke, at her beautiful seat on the banks of Southampton Water, elope to where the frigate is lying, and the Americans were charmed with her ladyship's graceful hospitality, The Earl of Hard wicke, who is a captain in the British navy, is from home. The officers are quiet, gentlemanly, and well. read men, and, like English sailors, take pride in their Prolession. They of cour se b e li eve Americans quite equal, if not superior, in pluck, in scien ce , and in fight ing, to Englishmen, and apparently would not be indis posed to have a brush with us. With all this, it is curious, however, to notice the deep regard they betray for Old England, and the numerous inquiries they make as to the distance from Southampton of Stratford-on- Avon, Abbotsford, and other places connected with England's peaceful worthies. The arrival of the Merri mac is a godsend for Southampton, on account of the money the men and officers will spend hi town. Bum boats and boats laden with provisions and visitors are continually going off to the frigate. Since Mr. Croskey, the American consul, brought the first United States mail packet to Southarnptou, half a million sterling has been spent in that town in American dollars from Ibe yarrows men-of-war and mail packt,ts belonging to the [Jutted States that have called at the port, CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SH ILLING DAY.— Monday, September 29.—Adrnissio ns on payment, 6,539 ; ditto by season tickets, 350 ; total visitors, 6,889. THE QUEEN OF OUDE HOAX.—On Saturday Mr. G. R. Collis attended before the sitting magistrates, at the Public-office, to inquire whether any measures had been lakusi by the local police for the detection and punish want of the individual who, under the character of an agent from the Queen of Oude, has been lately attempt ing to impose upon the good people Of this town. Mr. Collis said that since he made his previous application he bad been to London, and had se en C apt. Brandon, obtaining from him the original letters. The mayor also 1)9(1 heard from Capt. Brandon, and there could no longer be any doubt that the man Wyndham was a notorious swindler. He wished, therefore, to know what steps had been taken by the police for his ap prehension. Mr. Kynnersley said as yet the hutbori ties at Bilmingham had no legal evidenoe, and it would be best for Capt. Brandon to come down here, as there appeared something mysterious in the transaction.-- 1 3 i . ernifizo4oni ocury• 1 634 n 3} S 191 i i 5 4 102 i 33 '651 65; 12 llj 21; 1p 4i. 40 5 St. 25 37 I 30 491 I 1 111 1 I 1 I Poet of Kiicg Arthur, to the Satirist of the New rimon, to the Ronianciet of sly "Vowc/—"Io, j 1,1(1nory of a Visit to Hoiyrood." Blaeavood has told the reason why Sir Edward might, in a man ner,- have claimed the dedication of the - volume to ! h:w6elf " by right"—rehting as old Maga has done in the number for last August (p. 223), that upon the occasion of that visit paid together to Holy ; ri,od by the Scottish bard ati:l the English novelist, thci latter, turning to his companion, Raid--" L et the world hear the story of Bothwell !" And it has heard it accordingly—beard it, as it were, from the lips of the recreant hero of the tale him self, through the medium of this impassioned and artistically elaborated Monologue. SIfETCIIES OF LONDON ACTORS. MR. WEBSTER. If there is one quality above another for which Mr. Webster is - celebrated it is that of taking pains. We think that he is himself aware of his distinguishing excellence, and is proud of it. He has twee of that fire of inspiration which, although it may sometimes bring to light hidden beauties, as often hurries an impetuous actor into extra vaaances. He is, on the contrary, a careful stu dent of the limits by which the capabilities of act ing are bounded. He is liable to under-act rather than over-act a part. He would rather miss half a-dozen excellences than commit a single fault. He is careless about extending his outline, but he is scrupulously watchful as to the filling it up. He is the Mieris or the Jan Steen of actors. His finish is admirable. But then he wants breadth. He never interprets largely, but he always interprets accurately. He sees in a given part all that the ordinary reader sees, and he gives expression to his view of the part in a manner that no ordinary actor could do. And this is all owing to his wonderful power of taking pains, of bring ing to bear upon any given object of study all the histrionic qualities with which nature has endowed He hire- He leaves none of his faculties uuworked. gets one hundred per cent. out of them all. He never, lilao all common actors, or like many ttetera of genius, has to reproach himself with hay log left any portion of his work unfioishod• This is a most serviceable and useful peculiarity. By dint of it Mr. Webster has gained, and maielained, a position in public esteem which, althouov,lt not so lofty or dazzling as that achieved by the public's prime faVourites, has yet led to no inconsiderable amount of fame and fortune. By unwearied study and care he has surmounted certain difficulties which would have been insuperable to ono of lees energy. After years of labour, during which hi.' was constantly rising in his profession, be was en abled to rent as lessee the home which had made his reputation as an actor. In his farewell address to the audience after the leaseeship of 16 years, he told them that he took the Haymarket without the assistance of a single farthing beyond what hi) had saved by rigid econrany out of a very small salary. During that time lie said he had paid 20,000/. to authors, and large sums to the theatre and to actors. His, ho said, was the longest leaseea'aip on record. These assertions testify to an extra ordinary amount of energy and determination. It would he difficult to point out characters in Mr. Webster's repertoire which are more diFttin gaishcd than the rest for those qualities in w hich hti excels. There are some which afford groater capabilities for his talents than others, but owing to the peculiarities to which we have alluded ho seldom goes beyond the ordinary. average o:f his acting. In his least. as well as his greatest parts he always acts as well as lie can act. There are, however, some parts which, from their larger de velopment, are greater favourites with the public, because they make larger appeals to their sympa thies than others. Among these we may mention. " Tartuffe." In. this play, which only missed at taining the extensive popularity of many of the pieces of the Adelphi ou account of its total difference from those pieces in point of construc tion and style—his acting was not to be surpassed. It had, indeed, none of the animal spirits break ing through the surface of hypocritical reserve which was so remarkable in Dowton's " Dr. Cant well." He was the finished, undisturbed hypo crite all through.. Th e per f ect varnish of the cha racter was never disturbed by spot or wrinkle. As an actor, acting the part of one who is acting, it was admirable. Cymou Foxall in "The Beggar on Horeoback," and Nathan Thompson in " Borough Politics," Dr. 011apod in the " Poor Gentleman," thelLaird of Killicrankiein "Queen Mary's Bower," may be all specified as performances in which Mr. Webster allows no fraction of an opportunity of making the most of his part to escape him. He 10e..s the most perfect justice to his author, but ,at _the gamey-time-he - ntyvez—embellishes him. It cannot be said,. therefore, that Mr. Webster ever makes a part his own in the seuso in which Keeley and 13uckstone do this. He never impresses his per sonality on the part. He is content to furnish his audience with a ftitliful copy of his author's mean ing. He is as accurate as a photographer ;he is sel dma luxuriant, like au artist. With all this, his d linea•ions aro occasionally artistic in a high de gree, and few persons have had to compare hint in any particular part with another actor without hat ing to confess that, in taste, exquisite propriety, ant correctness, 'Webster is the superior. His achievements as a manager have been even more remarkable titan those as an actor. IL, conducted the Haymarket triumphantly dosing 16' years. His career at the Adelphi has been most prosperous. For his success he is in debted to that good taste and fulness of purpose which distinguish his acting. His plays are got up with an attention to detail which must involve im mense labour. No part is Neglected, no capabilities amongst the manager's resources are unused. Th e Ad Melphi, under r. Webster's managem-nt, has consequently been the scene of oninterrupted sne ce-s. To his other merits we may add that Mr. WTc! , ster is a liberal patron of matters connected with the drama, and is well versed in draniatie literature. His judgment seldom deceives him.— Daily Nc:vs. THE FREE LAND GRANTS IN CANADA. Tlio free bind grants, which we have noticed in fernier nu hers, are creating much interest iu Ca nada ; and, frceu the numerous applications which we have had respecting them, wo are - glad to find they are al,o attracting considerable attention iu England. The terms of settlement, we find, have been slightly altered, and it is very desirable that it should be extensively known that the former conditions of settlement, on the Hastings, Adding ton and Opeonga Road, which required the appli cant to be a British subject, and produce testimo nials of character, have been rescinded. No secu rity could be giv.!.n to the agent that the certificate was gmuine, and to confine the grants to persons nowv subjeuts of the British Crown would have ex - .i el 4.h:a persons who make excellent and enterpris ing settlers, such as Germans, Norwegians, Swedes, and even emigrants from the United States, many of whom will probably avail themselves of the opening thus afforded. The conditions are as follows One hundred acres wilt be given to any settler eighteen- years old, and having the means of providing for himself until the produce of his land is sufficient to maintain him. The I:earer of the certificate must state to the ai. ; ent • his name, age, condition, trade, or profession; whether he is married, and if so the name and age of his wife, how many children he has, the name and age of each o f th em ; where he i s f rom, an d whether he is, the owner of land elsewhere. The conditions of location are, to take possession within a month, and to put in a state of cultivation at least/twelve acres of the land in the course) of four years, to build a house (at least 20 by 18 feet) and to reside on the lot - until the conditions of set tlement are duly performed ; after which accom plishment only shall th'e settler have a right to ob tain a title of property. Families comprising several settlers entitled to lands, preferring to re side on a single lot, will be exempted from the and of residence ( excep t obliitation of huildin t' tr upon the lot on which they live), provided that the required clearing of land he made on. each lot. The ii,in-accomplishment of these conditions will cause the immediate loss of the assigned lot of land, which will be sold or given to another. The road having been opened by the government, the settlers are required to keep it in repair. —Vasa dicta Sews. EOT Afa tilctrisa BAN K. —Yegterday the necessary -ferule were uotie . through and th e var i ous document g signed by Vice-Chancellor kiinders!ey, and forwarded by ,pecial messenger to Bury St. Edmund's, confirmice the appointment by Mr. Edwards, his chief clerk, of Ilarding as interim manager of the affairs of this bank. Tim interim manager will have to enter into such zn amount of recognisanoes as the court may direc , „ and ho will also have tn find two er more suretle- , . Now that the order atisolute for winding-up tl ol the bank has been made, none of the assets can b. disposed of except by order of the cou-t, and the nianager wiil at ODCN, utideeths order of the court, call upon all partie s t o d el i ver up all botAs of account, deeds, inslruments, cash, bills no t es , and paperß, in cludir.g "tee lltdo book w ith the little key," kept by Mr. Cameron, the tnitna , ,er. The court will pro ceed to determine what piirtii:s will be entitled to attend proceedings, and will appoint representatives of contrilitu.ortes or shareholderA, who are entitled to inspi.ct the boolia and ‘papeis free. Criminal proceeds itig,.t ma; h a t a k en f o r stealing, embezzlement, or mis qpropratic.n, on behalf cf the shareholders, by the manager, a n d a penttAy of 1001. may b e en f orce d on any covtibutory concealing the estate of the company. Crolitors wili no have to be called iu, and the list of contributories will then be settled. i tor, pro- BC Ina ti fi• lie, 3 b., r I 8 - 17 - l 5 - 12 - .. - 92 - 540 • 7. 3 511 I 3,1 22 1 i 191 301 1 91i 2 61 104 101 i ... ,', i lit I NEIN , 1 ~;~ r f` #t ~ y J I's~p -