The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-06 00:00:00

BIONE Y MARKET sal , CO bi I . A nT77. Two In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there was a brisk demand for most qualities at firm prices. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales, 4,000 of which were taken for export and on speculation. The Railway Share Market opened with a quiet aspect, but subsequently closed with a downward tendency. No alteration of importance occurred in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon, but the tendency was rather upwards. About 15,0001. in gold was taken from the Bank for transmission to the continent. The official return of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week end ing Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin Silver Coin 160 Ozq. ... 1,200 Ozs, Increased confidence n the favourable progress of the Money Market has been occasioned by the Bank of England return, published last evening. This explains why the Directors reduced the mini mum on Thursday last, and the hope is held out of a further alteration being effected before long. In addition to a large increase in the bullion• and the reserve of notes, there is a falling off of nearly 700,0001. in the other securities. The other items of the balance sheet are also encouraging. The following table gives the particulars : Active Circulation Decrease Bullion Increase Rest Decrease Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits £19,484,750 58,220 10,411,397 513,761 3,205,524 58,047 5,469,987 363,156 9,320,817 Decrease j...Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease Government Securities No alteration. Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Increase 414,638 844,935 13,187 10,454,867 17,537,749 694,697 4,785,180 567,125 Late yesterday afternoon the following notice, relating to the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, was posted in the Stock Exchange : "London, Brighton, and South Coast, London Terminus, Dec. 5. " Dear Sir,—l beg leave to inform you that the mort gage bonds of this company, commencing from the Ist day of December, inst., will be countersigned by the secretary, as heretofore, and in addition the affixing the seal of the company will be attested by one director. " I beg further to inform you that the certificates of stocks of this company, bearing date from the 4th day of December inst., will bear the signatures of two direc tors, and the counter-signatures of the secretary and range r clerk. " The certificates of stock will be deliverable on and after Friday in each week, that is to say, for all deeds of transfer deposited for registration up to Tuesday in e ach week inclusive.—l am, dear sir, yours truly, " FREDERICK SLIGHT, Secretary. " Mihill Slaughter, Esq., Secretary Railway Department, Stock Exchange." The advices from Paris, which have only just arrived, owing to the unfavourable state of the eather in the Channel, report that the alteration In the Bank rate of discount here was generally a nticipated, and it therefore exercised very little effect on the Bourse. The 3 per cent. Rentes closed yesterday at 69f. 50c. for money, and at 69f. 95 0. for account, the rise in the latter being 20 Centimes. Accounts from Berlin state that the monthly re ttlrn of the Bank of Prussia, which has been pub lished, shows an increase in the bullion of 988,000 thalers compared with the previous statement, While the circulation of notes was diminished to the extent of 1,558,400 thalers. A Bank of Issue has been authorised at Seville for 25 years, with a capital of 18,000,000 reals. The Funds are buoyant, but the transactions hare not been very extensive, owing to the general disinclination to enter into large operations at the close of the week. Consols for money have been 34 to 941, ex dividend, for the account. Special transfers of stock have been effected at 944 95, i ncluding the dividend. The New Three per Cents. 941 3 retarked 94 to 94k, and the Reduced 93a 4. :lank Stock is 2171. Exchequer Bills are 6s. to h. premium. - Very f ew dealings have taken place in the Fo reign Market, and prices are in some instances - 1 'c'wer than they were yesterday. Turkish 6 per A e lits. have been 96 to 96,1-, and the 4 per Cents. -21- 3. Spanish Certificates are firm at 61 L and th e , Deferred Bonds have been 24 . Danish 3 t er Cents. have realised 1031 104 1, Mexican 22 1, ortugu ese 46, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 97k. t i ,.. 1 . 1 e following are the nominal prices of Foreign L c 'eke :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Mexili - 7 1 ) 221 g ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 4 .. Per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., A Ai -; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 par BW., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 421 31 ; ditto Deferred, 23i 24i ; ditto C er tifi ca tes, ; it ditto Passive, 6 1. !RThere has been little business t ransac t e d i n th e ailway Share Market this morning, and a down 2.tcl tendency has been observable in the shares of " 40 %t of the leading lines. Great Western, Lan- 1 :shire and Yorkshire, North-Western, Midland II and South-Eastern, are each about ss. to 10s. i lv er• East Anglian advanced 1/. The Canadian, 2 8 t Indi an , an d French lines have been dull, a t "%tit former quotations. J oint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares baps not undergone any material alteration, except Asular and Oriental Steam, which have im d about 1/. 11141.11 5 H FUNDS TITS DAY AT ON 1.; O'CLOCK. (From the O f ficial List.) snones• done. 1411 Stock 3 b k 2171 h. -er Cent. Reduced Annuities 93i i $ ker,seent. Consols Annuities .shut 0 4i 5 41 with div. for . e ; 4 per Cent. Annuities ........ ,[money t= B°lB for Account 94i X a t ear is Bills, 20. p Iltrerimall... •••. • ••• A - ES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO( E. mish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 I, o ican 3 per Cent 221 rillnese Bonds„ 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Firtto 1 853, per Cent 46 ii,;: l-11 '11 , ieuds, :4 per Cent ulti° New Deferred, 3 per Cent. „,..i?it.to Account Vaaush Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6 1 p c .arkihh Rcnds, 6 per cent D O t to Account Ditto Guarant ount eed, 4 per Cent. Acc — 1021 Dlvidends on the brach ahnr , nayable in Lcndon. ExeLane 23 per Cen . ,12 Guild ers Ditto 4 per Cent. Certfi ce ' tes Consols (Money) Ditto Account .... TWO O'CLOCK. 1 .e. B .L_li. 11 7 .0 . 91 94 N, icc. 5. Much surprise was excitedDUßL yesterldayDby the 1,4°,11pt and totally unexpected manne r i n which Baron '` l iebard s , Chief Commissioner of the Incumbered •Q;st ates Court, ceased to fill that office. M r. C om . 411 ' 14 071er Longfield, on taking his seat in chamber Yesterday morning, stated that he and his b rot h er vE' lr enaissioner, Mr. Hargreave, had received a royal a riant, i n ti ma ti ng that Baron Richards was no ~ger a Commissioner of that Court ; and that, in list S e q u ence , all cases standing in Baron Richards's dm over until further orders,. all notices °lotion for the full court also standing adjourned for ti - „ e ; Bame reason. This proceeding appears to have been e 4; 4 ° peremptory ; it was not anticipated by a a i e ly o o th n e tae°at the court, nor can any surmise be formed t t U h t Ure arr e t and as to the mode of appeal from are individual fi commissioners, whether they el . be dire c t t o th e G enera l C ourt o f A ppea l, or whe y fall neW commissioner shall be appointed to constitute ourt. he evidence taken at the private i nqu i r y into the tu tl a a rde r of Mr. Little has be e n p r i n t e d , b u t no t yet zee accessible to the public. Several vague rumours 11400. t the su spec t e d assass i n are st i ll afloat, and t h e diji° i nterest in the subject has sc arce l y su ff ere d an y th; ll ?ation. It is now known that James Robinson, arle man, who is detained by th e po li ce, was wasAyrnumed at the inquiry previous t o hi s ex hibi t i ng t o Ztonas of insanity, and was to have been brow ht ifi r d as a C rown w it ness . g f eir e Lord Chancellor yesterday refused an application 00,,piacherey tratin documents applied for i n th e case o f v D9well, the nffi?ial manag er o f t h e Tip -11,41. notes BAnk, on the groun d t h at t h ey did not appear on kep t as as having been read in the course of the argu the 1 . 3 . The doc uments were requ i re d for the appeal to 'Louse of Lords. 40 100 40 60 25 25 1' 3t. 1( 20 a' st. jtl st. lii st. I st. I it. 11 St. 11 St. 11 it. 1; St. 1( St. 1( lei' 1 1.61 I St. Ili 114 a St. 10 3t. 10 20 11 4t: 1 10( $ all 5 all it. 100 .0 1 0 1 ',5 I all ;0 I al: it. 1100 t too' It. too 23 !"5 1&. o all . 100 >t. 100 .0 3/ 1, 30 sl Lj all .0 1 9 4t, ()(i X) 2 x, I I rHE StiN, LONDON, $A TEIRD'A v EVENING, DECriviinPlft 6, SHARE MARKETS—(This Day). Yb. .44mwe.711, Closing Prices yesterday. 21m bg.._iotA . and ut . :. Jun Wolverh Stour Hey.... _ _ Birkeehd. Cheshire Jnnet.... .11 IDo. Chesh. it Birk. ill Do., d 0....... . ill Blackburn in Blytla Sayneoriguis, £25 (ised. at X-'l , )0 Bristol and Exete7 )0 Caledonian. )0 Cheater 4 Holyhea,. ill Cork and Banda. a: Cork, Bis.ck, 4 Par .11 Cornwall ill I Do. A 8! Do. B Z GDubliu&lielfastJunc ll I Dun. P. it Ahoy. Jnc. East Au glian.... al ;Eastern Conutios j F,,, s t, Tinian, A B Be., B. Stock_ Do., New A...., 7.: East Kent East frtneashire 1 Do 10 4p 10 ;Edinburgh & Wang,. 11 lEdinb. and Peebles 10 jEdin.Prh & Dundo , 11 Forth & Clyde Jun 10 Furness 0 ,Glasgow & S. Westrn U i Great N. of Scotlnd !Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &Weet.(lre . Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Qua. Stk 1 Irish South-Eastern I Lancaster & Carlis 4 Do., Third 5........ 2 Do. New Thirds_ .00 Lancash. andYorksh I Do., Wst. Riding Un .11 Do. Sonthr or t 11 London & Blaokwai O Lond. Bright & S.Ctr, 0 Loud. and N. West; .6 Do. Fifths A Do. Eighths.. London andS. Wostn. Lndndrrydt Col erain, Lndndrry. & Ennisk lianch.Shef.& Linclt Wetropolitan ........ Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Widland 00. Birmng. & Dort, , fidld. G. West. (Ire.' )0. Half Shares , Towcastle & Carlisle gwpt.Aberg.&Hrfd gewry &Enniskille , gewry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. gorfolk gorthn.CountiesUn North British ith Devon Rail & Dock Stock :)0., A 5t0ck......., B Stock ..... N.jastern—lßerwi• k )o. do. Extension ?wok Go. Leeds Do. York forth London stud, and City Jo,. !North Staffordshir , . jorth Western t. & S. Westrn.Jnn. ox., Wore., & Wolv ' , .rtFraouth Rhymney • ottio, Centml Scot. N E.Abrdn St, Do. Scot. Mid. St. oshire TTni Sitingbourne&Sheer. , euth Devon South Eastern 4outh Wales i. Yrksh. ab Riv. Du i° 1-aines, Wok. &We Stockton & Darling Do., do., 1854 Do., do,, 1855 :toskten 4 Hartlep gaff Vale ........ )o. Pref., No. I._ rhamos Ha*. D.& R. Vale of Neat1y..,,,., Waterfd. & Klikenn ;VaterforddtLimeri e i West C0rnwa11....., West End of Londeri and Crystal Palmy), Do. A Do. B West London Do. Mist Class Do. Second Class—. WlmhlAdn kOrni, COW: Bombay, Baroda, and Con. India, g. 5 p. o Do. Ceylon A shares., Do. B. do Oemerara Eastern Bengal East Indian A and B, g. 5 1). . Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.4 p.c.Bude.;s7 Do. do. do., '59, do Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent @d. Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till '6:+ Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. qt. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c ot. Western of Canad a Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withoui option.. Madras, guar. 41 p.c Do. do., 5 P. c. Do. 4i p. c. Exten Do. 3dEx., g. sp. c Scindo, guar. 5 P. c Do St. Andreveta au ] Quebec (A).„....., Natwerpdaott rdbm Ardennes Belgian Eastn. June Zezi ers to °mimeos, e Buff. & Lk. nur. Ry. Cartneaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. ►utcb Rhenish &stern of France New Euphrates Valley ' it. Central of Fran , c 'great Luxembourg Italian Junction- Lak Oonst. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca di Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons dr Mediterran Maria Antonia ... Do. do. New Vamur di Liege ..... Do. do., E p. c. Pref. gorthern of France. NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran., (Perham.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati royal Danish Royal Swedish .... Sambre and Mouse_ Do. 5i p. cant. Pref. ionthern of France West Flanders Do. &i per c. Pref W. &N. W. of Franc( Western of Austria West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden • Do. 8 per cent. Pref Zealand JOINT-SPOI kustralasta Bank of Egypt Bank of London .... Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Erik. of India, Australia, & China City Colonial Commercial of Loud E ng• Scot. &Aug. Cht Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia. Ditto New,..' . "" London and County Lud.&E. Bnkg. Corp London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Pro.g E ng Do. New ....... National 8ank............ New South W a ' OE 'Oriental Pk. r..lorp. , Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. Now Aus B &Go Im 4ont .tnstralia, Cr Unic. a of An3trzii;l . 'Do Now Irrion 0f L.ndon Unity Mutual Wootern Bk V t Loud 8i 9 181 -- 19: 1(4. - 17; 13 - 14' Business done I 5( this day- 94 3 25 59i 12A 391 40 Pi 20 194 20 9 i 1 5) 36i 6 70 691 70a 97 i li f 108 i 351 5 82i i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS RAILWAYS. Redford aad Bletahley Duelrghaniely. 'l ll ./') Clyde:ldal. all Col. Stour Vy. .ilOO all E. tin. H. Sh. 100 Gins. Barr. Neils. Direct 1100 Do. New...... all Glstr.4tDn.Fri all Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway...,. all Hull & Sslby all Do. Sharer. all Do. Shares. , all LonAtGroenw all Do. Preference I 100 Lou., TH. • • • 31 Do. Bark. Sh. 1100 Lowestoft 4 per cent 1 100 Do. 6 per et. a ll Manch. Bstn. and Matlock all Middleabro' Redc.g 6 p.c. 100 iiidld.Bradt 54 Newinarket Bury E. G.spe all Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fizeds p c all Prest. & 1 yr. all Do. h Shra. A 100 Boystn.& Hit. 18i Shef.Roth.ani3 Gooleg.s p. c. all Shrews.&Her, 10i S. Staffordsh. all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent all Do 100 IWiltskre!nrnrat Leatixt, Compan,4. Lon(!ers N. Vie-t. L. &N. W. 'Caledon 'F,JJ &E.O E. Count. Cladoniaz.i Do Gt. Wostn Yk. New. Borw. Y. & N M•, Do Do 8. Exatort Do Poto & Co Do Norfolk Do L.Sz N. W 9tekton Darlingt. Betidland En. Cowl. E. Count. D 0..• Do L. & N. W Do Gt Northn Lancash Yorksh. T. Brassey hf. MC lean Stockt. kl Darlhigt Do iatWestn: Closing Prices .1 this day Business this day PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. MEETING THIS DAY. The sixteenth annual meeting of this company was held this day, at the offices of the company, 122, Leaden hall-street; Mr. Wilcox, M.P., in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has already appeared in The Sun, having been read by the Secretary, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said that it entered so fully into the affairs of the company that it was unnecessary for him to occupy their time by ani madverting upon it. But he would take that opportu nity of stating, for the information of certain sharehold ers, that the total amount of the dividend for the year would, with that already paid and that now declared payable, be 12 per cent. (Loud oheers.) He would not detain the meeting with any further observations, but simply move the adoption of the report. After some discussion the motion was agreed to ; the vacancies in the direction were filled up ; and the pro ceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair -2j -- 2i I I man. 97 - 98 98 - 102 11 -- 13 133 - 138 4 ... 44 16'7 : 10i9 12i - 13 221 -24 10 - 114 PT • • • 90 92 LAW INTELLIGEIiCE.--(This Day.) r i 55 - 57 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Campbell and a Common Jury.) lIATTON V. ENGLISH AND ANOTHER. 132 : 1-i This was an interpleader issue to try the right of the plaintiff, an attorney, to certain goods seized un der an issue Seri ,facias at the instance of the defen dants, assignees of a person named Hare, the goods in question having been properly assigned by a bill of sale from a person of Joseph Hare, a lodging-house keeper, Clarges•street, Piccadilly, to the plaintiff on 18th July, 1856, for consideration of advances and bilis of costs of the plaintiff for 491. 17s. 4d. The bill of sale had been registered. His Lordship ruled the deed was void under the statute, and a verdict was taken for the plaintiff, with leave to the defendant to move a nonsuit. 7i - 81 84 - 9 33 - 88 - PREFERENCE SHARES. all Blyth andTyno 1 Opt)) a. pref. (issd,atsol, 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caled n. £lO 4i p.c. 100 AChes.& 110. Gn. 53 pc 100 Do. do. Pref. 5 per a, all Cork dißandonso.c. all Dua.Prth Abera. 2 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. o. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c. all Eas. Co. Ex, spc No. all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. a. St all East Un., G. 6 p. c all Do. 51., 10 por cent all Do. 161. DebeAr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cont 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts all E. kW. York. J. sth, 4 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh 100 gd.Prth.&Dun.4p.c 100 FurnesF, sp. c. 100 Glas. &S. W. G. 5 p.c. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. a. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.., 100 Do. 4i p. c 60 D 0.5 p. c., Red. at p. c. pm... ..... all Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre 1100 Gt. S. 4r W. (Ireland; 14 Do. 4per a. Prof. S 6 Gt. W.(8.411.Ex5pc 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 100 Do.con. red. 4p. c t. 100 Do. irred. 4p. a. 100 Do. sp. c. red. prof all Do. Birm. Prof. Sh all Do. Chester 8 p.c.P.F all Do. do. 5 p. a. do.. 100 Do. Birm. Gna. Stk all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 6 Gan. &York. F i 2 100 Do. 6p. a. Stock 100 Lon.&B. G. 5 pc.No.l 100 Do. P., 5p c. St.No.2 ,100 DO. New Gnarl 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 101 Lon. &N. W., Coy. Ai Vuneaton 5 - p. ct.. 100 Lon.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... all L )ndy. k Coler. Sh, all fiondy.&Ennis. Sh 100 X.,5.,& L., 6 p. 0111 44 Do. do. do. £6 100 Do. do. 34 per cent. all Warypt .Stearl.4 p o all IN. - 41 per cont 104 Do. do. 100 Wid.Consol.6 p.e.St 100 Do. Con.Br.nr. 6pt 100 Do. 4 p. c. Pref. Ft 100 Ditto L. &H. Pref. St an New., Aber., &e., pr. r sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with Optn. till '66 all Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh 100 Do. Pref. 5 p.c. 5t , ,.. 100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 100 Do. 5i per c. pf ,1817 100 Do. Wv. V.Cpc.,1847 100 North British 31 IDo 71. Preference 106 N. E. Pe rw, 4 p.c. Y. 81 Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.o ...No.l 9 Do. do. Qr5.,1848.. , 10 Do.Yorkll.& S. Par , all North Staffordshire., 100 10x,W0,kW.,6pc.: 1100 Do: 6p. c. Redeem. all Scot. Cent. ,New Pref 100 Sc.N.E. A.bor.g 6pe all Do do 7p. c, pf. st 100 IDo.do.,3ip.c:pf. st all !South Devon. all Do. fixed, 4i per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4i per cent all Do. Fixed 4i p c sh ' 100 S. Wales Gua. 4p. c , 100 Do. do. 4} p. c all S Yorksh c Guar • • • ~ _ .. all Stock. & Dar. , 5 p. c. 15 Do. do. do. all Stock. & Hartl. g. p. c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd.&Kilk.6pc - 9' EDWARDS V. ENGLISH AND ANOTHER. This was an action similar to the last, the plaintiff having advanced 2501. to Joseph Hare on his house hold property in Clarges•street, Piccadilly. The goods had been previously valued at 8001., and the advances were made through the plaintiff in the former action. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.—Richard Price, a youth about 18 years of age, was charged with careless driving, and injuring a boy named Astley Edmonds, whose death it is feared will happen in the course of a few hours. It appeared that the prisoner was driving a horse and cart along High-street, Whitechapel, yesterday evening, and, according to the statement of a man named Driscoll, which was not very clearly given, the prisoner left the cart, and the horse made a start and dashed against a ham and beef shop which was closed, at the corner of High-street and Leman -street. A boy named Astley Edmonds, who was selling potatoes from a can, was knocked down by the horse, and on being raised from the ground was quite in sensible. The shutters and window frame of the shop were shattered, the horse was much injured, and the cart was damaged. A medical cdtificate was put in, stating that the boy Edmonds was labouring under concussion of the brain, and in a very dangerous condition. Driscoll said that he understood the boy died this morning. Bull, 160 A, said the boy was in a very critical state last night. The prisoner, in defence, said the horse he was driv ing was quite blind, and set off at full trot. When he arrived opposite Goulston-street the horse began kick ing and galloping, and then started off at full speed towards Leman-street. Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner on bail unti Tuesday. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables were but moderate, and the trade generally ruled steady, at full prices. FRUIT. Pineapples, per lb. 3s Od to Os Colonial do. ' ea. Os Od to 08 Od Grapes, per lb. is Od to 4s Od Foreign do Os 0(1 to Os Od Melons, each 3s Od to 58 Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to Bsod Nectarines, do. 2s Od to Ss Od Apples, p. h. sr. 3s Od to 8s ad Pears, per doz. Os Od to Os Oci Oranges, per 100..3s 6d to 9s Lemons, p. doz. Os 8d to is 3d Apricots, p. doz. 2s Od to 68 Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od VEGET Filberts, per 1b...10d to is 3d Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 1108 to s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Walnuts, per 100 6d to is Od Figs, per doz is to 3s Od Strawberries, per pottle Od to Od Gooseberries, per half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os 04 Plums, per do. 2s Od to 5s Od Green gages, do. 4s Od to rs Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od 'ABLE3. Shallots, per lb 4d to 6d florseraddish, p. bun. 2s to 5s Parsley, per do. 2d to 4d Celery, per do Os 9d to 2s Oil Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 6d Mushrooms, p. potl. is to ls 6d Artichokes, each 4d to 8d Cab. lettuces, per score Os 9d to is 3d Endive, per do.. is Od to 2s Od Radishes, per doz. hands is to 2s Od Tomatoes, p. hf. ay. 4s to 6s Od Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is Chillies, per 1001 s Od to is 6d Capsicums, per 1001 s Od to 2s 1 Rhubarb, p. bundle Od to Od Asparagus, per 100 Os Od to Os Sea kail, per pun. Os Od to Os Greens, per doz bunches 9d to 2s Od Cabbages, per doz. 9d to is Gd Savoy do., p. do. is Od to 2s Od Cauliflowers, do.ls Od to 38 Od Brocoli, per do. Os 9d to is Od Old potatoes, per ton Os to Os New do., per d0....65s to 120 s1 Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od Turnips, per bunch 2d to 4d Carrots, per buneh...4d to Gd Cucumbers, each 2d to is Od Garlic, per lb 4d to Os 6:1 Spinach, p. sieve 2s 6d to 4s Od sorrel, per sieve Od to Os , Brussels sprouts, per do 38 Od to 48 Od French beans, p. do.oB Od to Old onions, p. bus. 5s 6d to 7 New do., per bunch Od to 0 Leeks, per do id to 2d NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey Poults, 5s Od to 7s Od ; Geese, 5s to 6s 6d each ; Ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; tame rabbits, Os to Os Od each ; wild do., is to is 6d ; Pigeons, 6d to 8d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os ; middling, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 38 6d to 4s 6d ; Hares, as 01 to 4s Od ; Grouse, 2s 3d to 2s 6d eaoh ; Pheasants, 2s 9d to 3s 6d ; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s Od ; Roasting pigs, 6s Od to 8s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, 12s to 13s Od ; English do., 12s Od to 16s Od per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, 9s exl to lOs ; French do., 72 to 7s 6d per 120; Leverets, Os Od to Os each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4e 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 103; pork, 4s Od to 53 4d per Blbs., by the car case. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 38 4d to 49 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3e 10d to 4s 8d; pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81bs., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 63 to 20s ; Brills, 2s Od to 7s each; Salmon, Os Od to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 3s Od to 15s each ; Soles, 4d to is 6d per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d. ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 128 to 16s ; Natives, 50s to —s per Issh. ; Mackerel, 40s to s per 100 ; Smelts, is Od to 2s 6d per doz. ; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 8s to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, Os Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, 2s Od to 10; each ; Haddocks, 4s to 15s per doz. ; Pike, Od ; Sturgeon, 6d p er lb ; Prawns, 78 Od to O s; Mullets, 6d to 2s 6d each ; Plai ce , 4d t o i s each ; Halibut Rd per lb ; Flounders, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten i;i4;s7diiithe metropolis are from 9d to 9;d; of household ditto, 71d to 8 d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4d to 4id; 641 b to 721 b, to 5d ; 721 b to 801 b, 5,1 to sid ; 801 b to 881 b, Sid to 6d ; 88 to 961 b, 6d to 6id ; 961 b to 1 041 b, bid t o 7d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 7d to Cd ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, 9s Od to Os Od ; Calf skins, light, 3s 0 1 to 5s Od ; ditto full, 9s Od to N Od ; Polled Sheep, 7s 3d to Ss Sd • Knots, 6s ed to 7s Od ; Half-brads, 6s Od to 7s Od Downs, 48 3d to 5s 3d ; Shearlings, Os Od ; I anii)s, Os Od. HAY MA aKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2 / lOs to 4/ 83 ; clov er do., 3l 10s to 51 83; and straw, 1 / 4 s to 1/ 93 per load.' A fair average supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2 / 12s to 4/ 10 8 ; c l over do., 3/ Ns to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 11 5 s to 1/ 9s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at late rates. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2 / 10s to 4/ 7s ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5 1 8s; and straw , 1 / 4 s to 1/ 9s per l oa d. Supply tolerably good and trade dull. h9lSound, Capt a i n T . V . A to-day to The usual weekly meeting of the Metrop o lit an B oard of Works was held yesterday, but the proc ee di ngs were entirely of a routine character. The so , nscrew e p s y W ni a o t u t t , try her engines. The Southampton Dock Company cont emplate adding n i s s a ppointed ste am steamship P leave ja m a shipping agency force to their staff of officers in the docks. Mr. Hall, who has for many years been the Poor Law Inspector in charge of the metropolitan district, has resigned his office in consequence of his s evere i llness. MINES.—From the further rise in the p r i ce of copper we may anticipate that new life will be thrown into cop per mining, and that an enormous dem an d w i ll spring up for shares in copper mines. nes. Thea dvance would no doubt have had a beneficial effect on the market today bad it been known, but such was the seoresy of the smel ters that the sharebrokers were in tot a l d arkness. How ever, the higher the price of copper the greater the value of shares, and we must therefore congratulate the miner upon the present highly favourable prcspeot s o f the cop per market. The announcement today is an i ncrease of 9/. per ton on manufacturing qualities, and ld. per lb. loandaf gradual im provement in the standard or. Already th e price is the same as that which ruled from Nov. 1853 t o w i thin the manufactured, may lay be eoked last few months ; yet there is every probability of a still further advance being established . There i s a good de mand for tin, whilst the supply is comparatively small, which justifies us in expecting an upward 4nperwy,—.. Mining Journal of t 144 clay. 4 m w , rz .),02140 11,440 n SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock THE BALTIC• HAMBURG, DEC. 3. The Commercial and Industrial " Union" at the town of Kiel has formed a committee for the pur pose of carrying out the project of uniting Kiel, Eckernforde, and Schleswig by a railway, which promises to be of the greatest future benefit to that pail w ef Holstein and Schleswig, and consequently it is fluty expected that the Government will afford to the execution of the scheme every desirable support. The committee is composed of men of the highest respectability and influence in those respective places, which cannot fail to make a favourable impression upon the Minister for the Duchy of Holstein. The plan of uniting the Altona, and Kiel Railway by a branch line with that of Hamburg and Berlin direct has been unsupported by the Government from strategic motives. Russian accounts from St. Petersburg up to the 26th ult. state that on the 15th of that month the proof number of a new periodical, at Helsingfors, as an official organ of t h e G overnment, h a d b een pub lished in the Finnish language, which will continue from the Ist of J anuary, 1857 , to b e c i rcu l ate d twice a week throughout the Finnish provinces. Among the many steam navigation companies now being formed in various parts of the north of Europe may be noticed one formed in Copenhagen, in the spring of the present year, to establish a line of steamers between that city, Loudon, Hull, and Leith. To this end the directors have given orders to the firm of Messrs. James Henderson and Co., of Glasgow, to build for them three large screw boats of 60-horse power each, and to carry a cargo of 350 tons heavy weight of goods, or about 3,000 tonuen of grain, and to be so constructed that they will be capable of withstanding any sea in heavy weather, and to enter into any of the small ports alongthe coastfrom theirlight draught of water. It is fully expected that these vessels will be ready to enable the company to commence running them at the commencement of the ensuing season in 1857. Their length of keel will be about 160 feet, and, with a 'breadth of 23 feet, they will not, with a full cargo, draw more than 10 feet depth of water ; and for the convenience of running into the ports on the coast of Jutland and other parts of the Danish dominions, they will be provided with an apparatus to supply them with water as ballast also. The first of these screws will be named after the late meritorious State Councillor (L. M Heidt), whose family have given the directors per mission to that effect. MR. CARDWELL AT OXFORD The Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., together with the Earl of Abingdon, assisted at an entertainment in the Town-hall of Oxford on Thursday evening to honour the late mayor of that city, James Pike, Esq., who has discharged the duties of that office in a very satisfactory manner. " The health of the two members for Oxford, Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Langston" (the latter of whom was absent on account of illness), having been toasted, the compliment was acknowledged by the right hon. gentle man, who took occasion to allude in his speech to the late mayor's having carried up to her Majesty the loyal address of the Oxford corporatio i, when they congratulated her upon the conclusion of peace. Mr. Cardwell re marked that since the Russian war with all its causes, sacrifices, and triumphs, its splendid manifesta tions of martial intrepidity and female heroism, had been terminated by the signature of the treaty, all questions connected with it had passed away to that ultimate tri bunal which would pass an irrevocable sentence on pub lic events the calm and impartial judgment-seat of history. To him it was a peculiar satisfaction that when the assembled powers of Europe signed that treaty, and returned the nations of the world to the undisputed sway of international law, they did not rest satisfied with that great object, but they materially reformed and improved that international law, so far as related to maritime warfare, by mitigating its severity, enlarging its humanity, and adding for the future to the safety of property and security of commerce. The war had passed away, but not, he trusted, that great alliance between England and France to which the wisest statesmen of both countries had always looked as affording the best guarantee for the tranquillity of both nations, and the good government of the world. (Cheers.) Mr. Cardwell then referred to the changes in our own public establishments which had been rendered neces sary by the circumstances of the war, or by the transi tion afterwards from war to peace. Amongst the latter, he observed, there would be the retrenching that expen diture which had become unnecessary, so as to afford the opportunity of a just and kindly reduction of the public burdens. Parliament !a ould also have to deal with queer Lions of legal reform. They would be called on to con eider the reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts ; and ever since he had the honour of a seat in Parliament reformers had endeavoured to obtain that object. It reminded him of that single snipe which for a long winter afforded an old gentleman constant amusement in continually firing at it, but never hitting it ; and, as far as his (Mr. Cardwell's) experience went, they were continu ally aiming at the Ecclesiastical Courts. They were now about to have another shot at the same bird, and he trusted they would be able to accomplish what they had in view: (Cheers.) Then there would be the question of a reform in the criminal law, for the more effectual prevention of those great frauds which had lately startled the commercial world. There would be the question of the paternal correction of juvenile offenders, by a system which should not only deal punishment to them, but afford those unfortunate children some moral protection, and the means of deliverance from orime, ignorance, and suffering. Parliament would probably be invited also to consider some plan for the more con venient transfer of landed property. Nothing was more common to hear than that the question of free trade was settled ; and so it was as far as the tariff of duties upon foreign commodities was concerned ; but the question of free trade in land remained to be dealt with. It was a difficult question, and he rejoiced to be informed it was likely in the next session to attract the attention of Par liament. The right hon. gentleman then observed that Englishmen ought to be thankful for the privileges they exercised and enjoyed above what was the lot of any other country in the world. (Cheers.) In this country, our free ,institutioas, the expression of public opinion in our representative assemblies and by the circulation of the press, exercised an influence steadily and irresistibly on the decrees of the Legislature, and supported or con stituted the deliberate and determined will of the people. In that respect England exhibited a degree of strength greater than that of the most ancient monarchy, whilst the national interests were pnrirued with a keen vigour superior to that of the youngest republic. (Cheers.) As compared with past times, the position of this people and its influence far exceeded tin it which Providence had conferred on any other nation of the globe. Slavery had long been wiped from our esctitcheons—(cheers)—and our colonies were no longer u nited to us by chains of legal compulsion, but rather by t he bonds of mutual love and affection. (Cheers.) The result was that the dominions of our beloved Queen constituted the most united and most powerful empire that the world ever yet saw, and those great results were, under Divine Pro vidence, due to the sobriety, energy, and indomitable vigour which characterised the An Tio-Saxon race. The health of the Earl of Abioga on, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, was then proposed, a nd responded to by his lordship, who referred amongst o they matters to that of popular education, as to the desire; deness of which all agreed, while at the same time we . all disagreed as to how it should be carried out. Loo. 'sing to our rival churches, our religious sects, and reli ,gious bigotry, he could not see any probable satisfactor: r settlement of the question consistently with the principles of religious liberty. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.— -{This Day.) --- M -. LONDON, Dec. 6.—Wind this • day at noon, S.W. ; very strong. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 5.--Wind 'S.W.—Arrived—Caro line, from Quebec ; Catapitco (s.s.:), London, for Valpa raiso. Off the port—Conflict, from Bombay. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 3.—Wind: S.B.W.—Arrived—Oscar M Vidal, from oulmain, with 'toss o f bowsprit and cut water, having been in contact with the Newcastle. FALMOUTH, Dec. s.—Wind S.W „ fresh and squally.— Arrived—Thendun, from San to Cr uz ; Nordstjernen, Ce phalonia, for Antwerp. Put ba ck--Ellen, for Jamaica. HULL, Dec. s.—Wind N. E.—Arrived—Secret (s.), from Bremen ; Equator, St. Jo hn's, N.B. SWANSEA, Dec. s.—Wind N .B.—Arrived.—Beethoven, from Coquimbo. PILL, Dec. b.—Wind W.S.I . P. —Arrived—Meldon, from Quebec. (PER EL/41,5TU10 TELEGIMPH.) LIT arooL, Saturday Morning. Wind S.W. Arrived—Mirage, from To tocorin ; Arracan and Jessie Munn, Calcutta ; Ardencr Singapore ; Austin Ellen, Benin ; Shamrock, Onta tie ; and Joseph Jones, New York ; Morning Star, Wi ad sor, U.S. ; Highland Brigade, Richibuctoo ; Harriett S aphia, Pugwash ; Aurora, Dant zie ; Vilking, Droback ; Spirit , Rotterdam ; Minho, Lis bon ; Jane, Patras. Sailed—Henrietta Col frtelia, for Adelaide ; Sincerity, Cherbourg; Sarah, Patrt k s ; Co'quette, Sierra Leone. QITEENSTOWN, Dec. 4. Wind S.S.E. 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MI i 2 12 121 St. 108 7i 113/ 14 131 pm 51 i 71 i 1 2 LITERATURE. gentleman, which is, without doubt, one of the Ma remarkable I have been engaged in." The Campaign ire the Crimea. An Historical The treatise is at once gracefully and gratefully Sketch by George Brackenbury. Ill us t ra t e d b y dedicated to Sir enjamin B r odie a s the most eminent living _B member of the Su rg ical Profession. William Simpson. 2d. Series. C o l nag hi an d • It may, superficially, to th e un i n i t i ate d, appear a Company. somewhat unattractive subject—" Automatic Me- Mr. Simpson's exquisite memorial of " The Cam- chanism as applied in the Construction of Artificial paign in the Crimea" is here completed. Another Limbs in cases of Amputation "—yet some series of Forty-one double-tinted Plates. from how Mr. Gray's skilful (and we had : interest to his al- Drawings taken on the s pot, brings the na rra ti ve most said his loving)treatmentof it has down t o th e ac t ua l c l ose o f th e W ar w ith th e cap-' imparted a readily appreciable pages, followed up as the leaves of his clever treatise ture of the M a l a kh o ff. Th e accompanying letter- are by no less than one hundred curious illustra press, descriptive of the events here pictorially cele- tive cases and correspondence. orated by the pencil of Mr. Simpson, still preserves to itself, throughout, those characteristics of perspi cacity and precision which imparted such an imme diately recognisable charm to the first half of the Historical Sketch from the pen of Mr. Brackenbury. Nothing of any real importance has been passed over unnoticed, e ith er by the keen eye of the artist, or by the exact and scrutinising judgment of the writer his companion. Here, on the very title page of the new volutue, in a vivid vignette, re minding one of Landseer's famous symbolic picture of War, is a frightful glimpse enough of a Bomb proof Chamber in the Malakhoff. Yonder, in ono stirring panoramic view, is a peep at the Disem barkation of the Expedition to Kertch, and the blowing-up of St. Paul's Battery. Turning over another page, we have before us the Fortress of Yenikale, looking towards the Sea of Azof—an other, Kertch from the North—another, the town batteries or interior fortifications of Sebastopol. At one moment we have, filing past in mournful pro cession, the Funeral Cortege of Lord Raglan, as it moved slowly away from Head-quarters. At another we are admitted to an inner view of those Head-quarters of the English army before the brave old soldier's death, and recognise, almost at a glance, the principal personages gathered about the table in a Council of War—Lord Raglan, Omer Paella, General Canrobert, and their associates in that enterprise of peril and responsibility. Scat tered up and down the volume are the various Camps of the different Divisions. The Battle of the Tchernaya is portrayed in one of these graphic sketches—taken on the spot-- the Interior of the Mamelon in another —here one of the Wards of the Hospital at Scutari —there the investiture of the Order of the Bath at the Head-quarters of the British army before Sebastopol. Imagine two volumes (like those of Mr. Simpson) delineative—by drawings " taken on the spot"—of the Campaigns of Marlborough, or of the Campaigns of Wellington ! Fancy two ele gantly gilded, tinted, printed books, illustrating thus minutely Vittoria and Malplaquet, Ramillies and Fuentes D'Onore, scenes of the deeds of glory done in the grand old days—for both are equally of the Past now—by the two great Dukes of Eng land, the Giant Wielders of the Giant Sword of Britannia! Conceive the interest with which we should pore over such pages—how we should de vour every syllable of the descriptive letter-press, written thus iu the broad full light of the Present —how we should examine every minute line of the artist's sketches, drawn at the actual time of the occurrences, and in the identical spots commemo rated ! Precisely what we might feel while look ing over mementoes of those bygone wars of British History ; others will feel, hereafter, when turning over these fascinating records of the late Crimean Struggle records coloured into life by the facile pencil of Mr. Simpson, or eloquent with the simple but earnest words of Mr. Bracken bury. It is observable in regard to the last-pen. A Manual of Domestic Economy. By J. H Walsh, F.R.C.S. G. Routledge. This is one of the most complete and practical, volumes for domestic reference , that has appeared for som e titne. It i s arranged for families spend ing from ROC/. to 1,0001. a year. It is divided into twelve books. The first is an opening essay on the practice of economy. The second and third re spectively tr ea t o f "T he House aud i ts accessories," and of "Furniture and Furnishing," and are full of valuable information for any person couGuencing housekeeping. In the latt er d epartment i s a t a bl e of prices, giving four different scales, suited to the means of families possessing incomes of 1,0001., 5001., 2501., and 1001. a year. These four incomes are referred to throughout the book, and, of course, include a large cla. , ,s of families. The fourth and fifth departments treat of the duties of domestic servants and the supplies of the house. The numerous receipts and cooking details to be found iu this part have been obtained from an ex perienced cook, and have been practically tested. Among the numerous other divisions of the work those on the management of the health, on the trettment of infants, and the symptoms of dis ease will be especially valuable, when it is recollect e d that the work is from the pen of a medical am. practi tioner whose experience, he says, has supplied h with nearly all his information. With the . excep tion of a f ew d e t a il s o f th e h ouse hold provinces pe culiarly under a lady's care he tells us, " there is no single compartment with which I have not been practically acquainted, from the building and fur nishing of the souse, through the different kinds of marketing and shopping, to the management of the nursery and sick-room." Parts of the work have been subjected to the examination of- a com mittee of ladies, who have supplied some of the • receipts. The chapters on lighting, water, ventila tion, and preservation from fire contain the "received theories and most useful appliances of modern days." The books on the purchase and maintenance of horses and carriages, and the social duties of heads of families, relate to the more important branches of domestic economy. Of course tastes and opi nions may differ on the various trifling details, but the great amount of information, both in regard to the chief duties of domestic management and to the smaller, - matters on which it is so difficult for the inexperienced to obtain instruction, renders it a most useful auxiliary for all undertak ing the direction of a household. We trust it may obtain that success which its varied information merits. It embraces in one work the different branches of knowledge which usually occupy seve ral distinct volumes, and its complete and practical character renders it an invaluable work of domes• tic reference. Hunt on Stammering. Second Edition. Longa:m and Company. Unquestionably the most popular treatise ever given to the world upon the affliction variously known as Stammering, or Psellismus, or Stutter ing. It recounts in a very readable form the par ticulars of the "Life" of the late Thomas Hunt, the memorable Originator of the System for the Cure of Stammering. It explains that beautiful and humane system, and, in doing so, indicates rapidly and succinctly the character and, be it said, also the cruelty and inadequacy of the various systems hitherto in vogue fur the Cure of Impedi ments of Speech. James Hunt, the son of the late Thomas Hunt—the " worthy son of a worthy sire" —is the author of the volumd comprising this really admirable treatise—and this no less admir able biography. The system explained in the course of the work under notice—a remarkable work, of which the present is the "second edition" considerably enlarged —was simply, it may be re marked (in the apt words of the writer of a grace ful obituary notice of the late Mr. Hunt), a plan for teaching the sufferers by " the plainest com mon-sense directions, the means of restoring na ture to its functions," functions " perverted and counteracted by evil habits, or the curious infec. tion of involuntary imitation." Mr. Hunt abhorred the employment of the knife—maintaining that not one case out of fifty was really the result of either deficient or distorted organisation. Closing the volume, after an unaffectedly respectful ex amination of its contents, we bid God-speed to the benevolent Sche►ne, of which it is truly and lucidly explanatory —remembering with honour, while we do so, the keen-sighted and large-hearted man who was, humanly speaking, its Originator, and who, as its Originator, is entitled to recollection as one of the world's practical philanthropists. timed that, at the close of his brief but sufficient preface, he gracefully acknowledges having derived many useful hints and much valuable information froni the works of eminent historians of the War, such, for example, as Col. Hamley, the contribu- tor to Blackwood's Magazine and Mr. Russell the world-famous Times' Correspondent. Now that the Second Series is actually before us, we may speak of the work in its entirety, and we do so with only (if that be possible) a more hearty reiteration of the praises to which we gave utterance in its regard at the period of its brilliant and eminently propitious commencement. It constitutes, we cannot but think, the most compact, the most ap propriate, and the most beautiful memorial yet published of the Great War in the Crimea, the War which we still lament as having closed so fatally, but the record of which we cannot but still linger over with a rapt and fascinated interest, lit up as its many deplorable disasters are by the glorious remembrance of such Days of Fame and Deeds of Daring as those of Alma, and of Taker man, and of Balaklava ! Matter : Its Forms and Governing Laws. By George Duplex. With numerous Illustrations on Wood. Bradbury and Evans. A very masterly little treatise—literally De 0111- nibus Rebus et Quibusdain Allis. A wonderfully lucid and condensed epitome of—Everything I A microcosm •in its marvellous way—a positive, actual "world in little"—a tiny mirror, as it were, held up to Nature and reflecting within the narrow limit of its circumference the whole Universe. We do not speak of the little volume before us, when we speak of it thus, in any way at all in the language of exaggeration. It is a treatise extending only over 161 moderately sized pages—pages simply de scriptive of the Forms and Governing Laws of Matter—yet, within these 161 pages, the author of the book defines, by an exquisite`chain of analogies, the relation of Everything with Everything. De monstrating, in fact, by the clear and irresistable farce of a succession of logical definitions the truth of Pope's:axiomatic distich, that— Jonathan Oldham,. By J. Crawford Wilson. Richard Bentley. We have often wondered how it came to pass so intelligent a body as the commercial travellers have contributed so little to our current literature. Few men have better opportunities for studying mankind and becoming acquainted with the cir cumstances of domestic events at the fountain head, while to no class of individuals is accessible a richer store of romantic incident and amusing anecd3tes. Into the cause of this literary laches we are not at present disposed to make inquiry ; all we will say is, we trust the work before us will, without any detriment to business, be the precur sor of many more of various types. The author of these " Leaves from the Diary of a Commercial Traveller" may or may not be a member of the body himself ; he writes, however, pretty much as if he was, or had been, and the leaves of his diary) if largely fictitious, may serve to indicate what may be achieved with facts, which it is truly said are often stranger than fiction. The work embraces but one journey from Euston-square to Dublin, from thence to Glasgow and Edinburgh, and back to London via Manchester. Plot or busi ness matter there is comparatively none—instead of which we have a number of romantic, and more or less amusing and interesting stories strung to gether by means of a hero, who , if a little of " a withfellow aptrebtotytt,om, and is ve r y pro perly well-behaved w if e, who was previously, as is often the case, a bit o f a romp. During perusal we have here and th ere gent," " rewarded is agood a hit on something we fancied we remembered to have seen before, and on turning to the preface found the author had rechristened a notable hero of his, whose adventures a while back amused the readers of Bentley, to wit, " Ben• • Jamul Bobbin," being moved to the act by having, in obedience to Mr. Bentley, added to, and altered "Benjamin," so far that only with difficulty he could be recog nised. As a first attempt in prose, " Jonathan" is very creditable to its author . Leaving or. eaving this fact, however, entirely out of • consideration, we shall be much surprised if he does not find prose composi tion more profitable than poetry—for he has suc ceeded in producing a very readable and amusing book, which is more than wit h can be done most of the poetry so f called o the present day: "All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose Body Nature is, and God the Soul." Altogether the book—small though it is, and un pretending though it is in its general character— is literally the very marrow and pith of all the Ologies, the"croam of the cream" of all the Sciences, the essence, or, we should rather say, the quint essence of every branch and section of Natural Philosophy. After a few Preliminary Definitions of Matter,we areinducted, bya chapter on " Bodies of Matter Moving in Space," to 'Astronomy—by another chapter on the "Governing Laws of Bodies Moving in Space," to what Mrs. Somerville has admirably termed the Mechanism of the Hea vens—by another chapter on " Terrestrial Matter," to Geology. Diverging this last one into four sepa rate and comprehensive sections—one on " Heat," another on " Light," another on " Magnetism," another on " Electricity." After a chapter on the "Laws of Attraction and Affinity," we have an other on the " Chemistry of the Elementary Sub stances"—one on the " Primary Formation of the Terrestrial Forms of Matter"—a chapter on " Ter restrial internal Heat," and another on the " Vitalisation of Matter." A chapter follows this on " Vegetation"—another on " Vegetable Nutrition," another on "Vegetal Reproduc tion." We next come to " Vegetable Chemistry," to " Animalised Matter"—to " Animal Nutrition," anti " Animal Reproduction." " Intelligent and Intellectual Matter" is then considered—" Human Intellectual Matter" —and " Human Organs of Nutrition." Nutrition proves to be a theme lead ing on step by step to an examination of the " Or gans of external sensation," otherwise of the " Perceptive Organs," to " Intellectuality," to " Memory," " Volition," " Thought," "Reason," the " Passions," and the "Emotions." Finally, the work closes with a distinct reference to " "Death," and "Health"—thus sounding from the treble to the diapason the whole Gamut of Human Knowledge. Altogether the book is, to our think ing, something wonderfully fine for its comprehen siveness, and yet, be it added, in no one respect what can be called superficial. It is a volume, in short—penned by a hand hitherto wholly unknown to us, that of George Duplex—placing within reach of the masses, at the cost of just two or three shil lings, a perfect Feast of Instruction. NEW Music. The Eglantine Waltzes. By Frail B. Tussaud. F. Moutrie. A bouquet of four sweet little waltzes, clustered together in the name of the mellifluous Eglantine. Companions to another group, strung together by the same daintily ingenious hand, under the no less agreeable designation of the Violetta. Mr. so ng-writer and as rFrankepu reputation, t Tsa i o u n s ,a u s d a is v fast ery echraeramtiinngg f or himself a double a composer of dance-music, not , unwort h yli g ht fantastic of b eat ing a mel o di ous r hyth m to the _ toe," lending a new charm to w hat as been ecstatically called the Poetry of h Motion Automatic Mechanism. By Frederick Gray. H. Renshaw. Automatic Mechanism is here considered exclu sively in relation to its application in the con struction of Artificial Limbs in cases of Amputa tion. And considered in that particular, it will be very generally admitted, by one eminently that qualified to speak upon the 'subject —seeing h Mr. Gray was the ingenious fabricator t late the fa mous artificial leg worn by the e gallant Field Marshal, the Marquis of Anl4 1"a ! . was the Operator to the late Marquis , e as well as th e constructor of that curious limieabling the o ld man to walk, and ride, and move about to the last like d one foot in any literally other ~mortalhad thegrave for for t" odd years , Mr. Gray, however, has done greater wonders in his way even than this—he has made an artificial leg for a young lady, Miss A....,, H with which she is enabled not only to (vi dance, dep l; but 5 t o ) dance " frequentl Widow of Ems need. ' never e embarrassingv Aided one of the latest of Mr. Gray's gl exceedinglyfrequently." r have entered. upon her ments—it is the case of the lautomatican a ll o h e i r e e T o i s. SUICIDE IN HORSHMONGIE-LANE GAOL—Y.O4IMay morning Samuel George Lucas , a g ed 31, a marrie d roan, on y g n o is in bgacto his on having a family of three chil dren, committed suicide is the Surrey County Gaol. H e was char g ed With burglary at Epsom, and examined before the count y ma gistrates on the 28th ult., by whom he was remand ed nntil yes. on o n. was O f a n a t ad the lyingtu turnkey e cell e rd in y for th e rme-oerx:inimug, h the floor quite dead. It appeared that he had fastened his stockings round his neck, and fixed the ends to the bar over the doorway ; but his weight had broken the stockings, and he fell down. The tightness round • hie neck, however, strangled him. SHOOTING A RAT.—On Wednesday a most dangerous accident occurred to Mr. W. C. Burniston collector of taxes, Suffolk-road, from the bursting c4 a pistol. The family had for some time been annoyed by the incursions of a rat in the cellar, and had in vain the intruder with a trap. On Wedne s d ay tried to capture ven tured into the kitchen, and Mr. Burniston the rat hay' loaded a horse pist 1, , drove-it int o the, mg garden, and there shot at it as it stood with its head buried os t r ich hides its head in a bush, i n th e snow , as the The pistol burst at the breech, and shattered the stock to pieces. Parts of it struck Bli. Burniston on the hand, which was severely injured, the thumb beingalmost The barrel struck him on the forehead, torn off. h i m down; and on a surgeon being instantly . knocking _auncl called in, it was found that the skull was fractur ed two or three places. The in having taken place, the injuries, though dangerous, are not likely to prove fatal. The accident is believed to have arisen from the pistol, which had not been in use for some m on th s , h av i ng b een i m perfectly cleaned shoat t wo months ago. Mr. Burniston is progressing very favourably. SIR TBialt&S TROWBRIDGE. "The gallant officer had the misfortune to lose both his legs at the battle of Inkerman. Syme's operation was adopted on on e leg, the other amputated about mid - leg . Soon after his arrival in this country from Scutar), I met him with Mr. Fergussm, who from the first took the greatest interest in my successful treatment of the case. As he can already walk about the house and lawn, and mount a horse with ease, I have no doubt but that in a short time he will be rendered very independent, and suffer comparatively little inconvenience from his loss. I may be permitted to say, that her Majesty the Cille(M testifies her great solicitude in the One of this 185 d, 41i 21 i 82 80 22 i 54 10 10 50 100 St. 1 50 20 35 40 5 St. 25 10 28i 1 1 - 5 112 108 61 3 )114 89 101 100 171 75 20 10 1031 G 11 31 11 1021